08-03-2011, 11:23 PM
Out of curiosity, how did you replace the can capacitor? One of my 46-350s had the same problem as yours. The metal just fell apart when I took it out to restuff it.
I ended up wiring modern 'lytics rated 160 volts into the radio with leads dressed as if they were in the can. I left them sticking out of where the can was, with a tie wrap around them to hold them together. This was so I could finish restoring and testing the radio.
Once the radio was working, I used PVC pipe and a stiff sheet of clear plastic to make a closed cylinder that is almost the same dimensions and looks very much like the restuffed original in my other 46-350. I sprayed it with ACE hardware metallic paint, and took the attachment points from the damaged original and screwed them into the PVC cylinder. It won't pass a close inspection, but it is better than modern 'lytics hanging out of the hole.
I ended up wiring modern 'lytics rated 160 volts into the radio with leads dressed as if they were in the can. I left them sticking out of where the can was, with a tie wrap around them to hold them together. This was so I could finish restoring and testing the radio.
Once the radio was working, I used PVC pipe and a stiff sheet of clear plastic to make a closed cylinder that is almost the same dimensions and looks very much like the restuffed original in my other 46-350. I sprayed it with ACE hardware metallic paint, and took the attachment points from the damaged original and screwed them into the PVC cylinder. It won't pass a close inspection, but it is better than modern 'lytics hanging out of the hole.
John Honeycutt
