Rca Ctc9

[Ampico-kid]

Hey Jordan;

Thanks for the advice. Leaving the original "Brown Drop" caps alone was what I had in mind, but I guess I wanted to hear someone else say it. I was a little apprehensive about leaving them in place when I did the restoration, just force of habit I guess, since most of my experiences have been with much older equipment and usually contain lots of paper caps and dripping wax.

I've already ordered the electrolytics and some replacement tubes. I'm waiting for the schematic to arrive to check the value of the two "Black Beauties" in the chassis. Surprisingly all of the tubes in this set were still the originals, except for the horzontal output. And even at that I've only found a handful (about 6) that need replacement.

Seems like the biggest mess so far has been trying to clean some of the "ooze" off of the wires running from the chassis up to the CRT socket. I guess there is some sort of a chemical break down going on there and the result is this sticky, gunky, slime all over the wires which in turn picks up and holds all of the dirt and grime from the air around them. I'm making progress cleaning it up, but it's not a very pretty picture right now.

Bob.