Sylvania Saratoga Restoration

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

I have usually been able to pull cardboard covers off after softening the tarry adhesive with a heat gun. Some of that tar is really tenacious, but with patience the heat gun usually works. In a couple of cases I got impatient and slit the cover up one side with a razor to speed the process. After restuffing, I glued the cover back together and put the slit side where it wasn't visible.

Originally Posted by miniman82

Chris, I got lucky on these caps. Sometimes I can just grasp and twist and they come right off like these ones did, other times I end up removing them from the chassis to do something a little more drastic. One time I placed a cap in a plastic bag and dunked it in boiling water to loosen the old tar, seemed to work out OK. Most times it's a total loss and the tar is on there too good, so you end up cutting them off like Phil said.

Thank you both for the notes. I am going to start restuffing the electrolytics on my CT-100, so I plan to try the "untwist the prongs" method on some or all of them.

The Sylvania set is a nice project, I look forward to your success with its restoration.