08-01-2016, 05:37 PM
It was not my idea...I got the advice from Russ (Phlogiston), I just posted what I did. I'll check for your email.
update: I don't see any email and it should have arrived by now I think. try again or PM me. Some pictures would help. The accordian looking piece that is attached to the aluminum threaded rod on the Sprague caps all came out easily together. I recall I may have had to turn it but I did not notice a nut embedded in the black bakelite/rubber base. If you can not get the threaded rod out, is there enough residual metal above the bakelite/rubber base to use as a lug to attach wires to? You can't solder aluminum but you can drill a hole and then use a nut, washer and small machine screw to fasten wires to the metal. I'm just thinking on the page here, without seeing what's going on.
update: I don't see any email and it should have arrived by now I think. try again or PM me. Some pictures would help. The accordian looking piece that is attached to the aluminum threaded rod on the Sprague caps all came out easily together. I recall I may have had to turn it but I did not notice a nut embedded in the black bakelite/rubber base. If you can not get the threaded rod out, is there enough residual metal above the bakelite/rubber base to use as a lug to attach wires to? You can't solder aluminum but you can drill a hole and then use a nut, washer and small machine screw to fasten wires to the metal. I'm just thinking on the page here, without seeing what's going on.
