JVC-Delmonico AM/FM stereo tube radio

[radiotvnut]

I read that post and, many times, I've seen first hand what shorted/leaky capacitors can do. I've also seen a few power transformers go up in somke due to bad capacitors.

The purpose of the AC line cap is to cut down on interference that may be present on the AC line. The radio should work without it, even though there may be some unwanted interference. However, I'm not plugging it in to find out until the other caps are changed.