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During the evenings this week, I worked on cleaning the metal can that goes over the power transformer. It was pretty rusty, so I stripped it down to bare metal with a wire wheel. I primed, painted, and clear coated it. This cap had originally been soldered onto its base; it functioned as a large heat sink while trying to desolder it, so I ended up using a torch with a small flame. The cap fits tightly in place and I’m afraid of damaging the new paint if I use the torch again, so I may simply leave it pressed in place without resoldering it.

   


Today I spent a good, long time cleaning the chassis. It cleaned up very well!

   

I’m waiting on my PCB to get here for the new multisection cap, and then I’ll officially have everything I need. I have decided that I’ll try a more minimalist restoration on this one than I did for the 46-480. Rather than a complete emptying and rebuild, I will replace all paper and electrolytic caps, and then only the out-of-tolerance parts. I will also install a polarized plug and fuse for the power supply. I also have some safety caps to restuff the Bakelite capacitor in the power supply.

The rubber insulation on the wiring isn’t brittle at all. Do you all think I should need to replace it?