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I refurbished all of the bakelite caps. The popping is now gone. Thanks for the hint, Chuck. I still get some volume wandering that, I believe, is due to the old rheostat. However, I think I may be just fine with this behavior.

One other comment. I performed the change in the #9 resistor value as described in Ron's Service Tip #43. I used a 1W resistor as was described in tip #3, but later noticed that that was for the Model 80's original 9K resistor. I believe that the 13K resistor needs to be able to handle at least 1.5W

So, I guess I am suggesting an update to Ron's tip #43 to specify using a 3W resistor if changing the #9 resistor.