[Ron Ramirez]

Now let's look underneath again:

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I decided to start on the right side of the chassis as shown above.

An hour later...

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Things were jam-packed so tightly that I decided to go with the "bull in a china shop" approach and just unsolder all of the components at once. As you can see, I also removed both IF transformers. The IF can shields will get polished, and all of their wires will be replaced.

I was lucky this time - I did not break any of the solder terminals on the right. Those are somewhat fragile, and it doesn't help that the ladies who assembled these sets usually wound component leads around the terminals more than once, making them very difficult to remove. I've broken terminals on 1937 Philco sets more than once in the past. The excess heat one must use to unsolder all of the components doesn't help matters any.

Mike (morzh), I took some time to brush off and vacuum away dirt...

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While it is tempting to remove everything and repaint the chassis, I'm not going to do so. It looks better. Not perfect but better. Removal of dust, dirt and grime always helps.