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Brought myself to doing that.

So far re-stuffing the caps was a walk in the park. Did all backelites and, today, the tin-can ones - they were not potted.

Now this big one next to the power XFMR, seems to be a challenge.
I desoldered it, drilled out the rivets, cut the wires and the panel came off relatively easy - just had to be careful not to crack it.

But then it's all potted with tar, and, unlike in the small backelite ones, it's a large can and the same technique is not likely to work.
I removed the tar at the bottom, to the level where caps are, but what to do next?
Short of using a chisel and a hammer, does any one of you know any quick (or quicker) and not too painful way of cleaning this can up?

And, when the cleaning is done - how do I secure the panel back? The rivets seemed to be glued right in the tar, so now that the tar is gone, what do I rivet it to?

The caps probably will be soldered right to the panel, but securing the whole thing in the can does not look straightforward.

Mike.