[unclevinny86]

Hey All,

Removed the IF cans from the chassis last night and taped over tube sockets in preparation for some spot rust removal and cleaning. How have you all handled the tiny wires from the first IF can (see attached). Wire appears smaller than 22 ga, looks more like wire you’d wind a coil with but silver in color and covered in rubber insulation. I’m leaning toward just removing old insulation just to below the base of the coil and covering these with heat shrink. I’ll be replacing the red and black rubber wires with 20 ga stranded core.

Also for you seasoned restorers, what have you found to be the best method for desoldering without getting the tube pins too hot?  Add solder and use a solder wick and flux?  Use a solder sucker?  How hot do you typically keep your iron, and what is your preferred tip...pointed or small chisel?  Going to snip leads and join with new leads where I can for the new caps and resistors, but have a few places where I’m definitely going to have to work on the tube pins to replace wires.  Thanks in advance!