1959 Airline WG-5061A

[Gambr1nus]

I must apologize for not providing pictures of my journey to restore this tv. I have a 10 year old sony digital camera but the batteries are shot and I didn't feel like have to sacrifice a plug-in to take pictures. One day this week I may get some pictures up here because I know I like to follow along and view the handiwork of someone else when they have a continuing build or restoration.

I started cutting the old electrolytic(s) out, I usually start with replacing these and move on the the paper caps. Mica and cermaic will be checked on an individual basis. What I noticed was that while one whole can cap had been replace by a tech sometime in the later 60s, an addition to the circuit had been added because one of the 3 caps inside can 2 had went bad. I also noticed the original Wells Gardner picture tube had been replaced with an RCA Silverama. There had been some crazy mess of wires added to complete a circuit, or act as a ground. I have removed it and will identify it's implied function later.

I have a friend with a high end hickok at his guitar store so he invited me over for dinner (while he's at work) and a night of playing with the tube tester. I can't wait.

I have two questions for y'all, where do y'all order caps from? I traditionally ordered from mouser but they aren't carrying the values I need for this project. Digikey has what I need but they are no stock items and I have to order a minimum of 25.

Also, since one original can has already been lost, should I save myself the trouble of re-stuffing these cans, or should I aim to preserve what is available? I know that on radio restoration boards they would balk at the idea of leaving a gaping hole in a chassis where a can once was mounted. I think I will do the repair work and get the tv running but save the cans if I ever aim to mount them again.

I plan on hitting up an older electronics store in town in the hopes that they may stock what I am needing. I am pretty doubtful and they will most likely have to order what I need and charge an exorbitant fee.

The values I need are:

c1 150uF @ 150v
c2a 125uF @ 300v
c2b 20uF @ 300v
c2c 20uf @ 50v
c3a 125uF @ 300v
c3b 60uF @ 300v
c3c 40uF @ 50v
c4 4uF @ 50v