Restoring a 1963 Admiral ctc-12 clone

[Electronic M]

On higher hours RCA clones I'd check all the caps on the color board. I have seen some sets where a good portion of the orange drops there were bad, and the .01 orange drop nearest a tube actually was split open!....It was not shorted, but it did not have a defined value when tested.

[kramden66]

I will check other caps to be sure , the previous owner did install a fan that looks like it might be from a record player so it was kept cooler while running then sets that didn't have a fan , I guess it would explain why there was so much dust under the chassis , normally I find it cleaner there , this fan pushed air around in there so it helped keep the air circulating , the cover to the hv / fly is not present , I'd guess to help keep things cooler, I don't see any signs of things being over heated, I remember years ago when fixing sets for neighbors seeing caps that were orange drop near a tube and they had that burned look on the side .

I guess I'm going to have to use the 470uf in place of the 160uf or keep the replacement in and check if it gets warm or hot , I don't have anymore caps to replace with unless I waste a 100uf @ 450 volts hooked to two 33uf caps or a 47uf , the circuit only requires a 250 volt cap so I'd be wasting the 450 volt cap .