05-22-2020, 12:37 PM
The next electrolytic consisted of a 4 and 8 MFD mounted above the chassis. When I removed this capacitor it became apparent just how filthy this chassis is 
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This dual section cap was just a cardboard tube that slid inside the Zenith orange can that mounted on the chassis:
Presented with that same hard black tar I decided to take a different approach and stuck it in the freezer overnight. I then wrapped it in a shop towel and smacked it with a hammer (several times) and all the black tar eventually cracked and fell out. I did have to sink a drywall screw into the actual capacitor to yank it out:
I put some filler in the tube to take up space, shot in some hot glue to anchor the capacitors in place. I then made another cardboard disk to keep from having to use so much glue as filler:
Continued....
:This dual section cap was just a cardboard tube that slid inside the Zenith orange can that mounted on the chassis:
Presented with that same hard black tar I decided to take a different approach and stuck it in the freezer overnight. I then wrapped it in a shop towel and smacked it with a hammer (several times) and all the black tar eventually cracked and fell out. I did have to sink a drywall screw into the actual capacitor to yank it out:
I put some filler in the tube to take up space, shot in some hot glue to anchor the capacitors in place. I then made another cardboard disk to keep from having to use so much glue as filler:
Continued....
John KK4ZLF
Lexington, KY
"illegitimis non carborundum"
