[Texasrocker]

No disrespect intended to keeping "originality" under chassis to vintage radios, but "why",..... intentionally rebuild a old nasty Philco bakelight "mystery cap"? I can see where newbies could really learn from the experience, however, replacing those special-order only by authorized Philco dealers "part # only" mystery dealer parts days are long gone. I myself had to purchase the "Philco condensers & more" book to help decipher the many individual components originally "tarred & feathered" by Philco. Personally, when I recap a vintage Philco chassis, I chunk the old "mystery caps" (that took up much un-needed under chassis space) and replace them with a new modern type small "terminal strip" with all point-to-point connections added, and use well-marked (values) of modern replacement components to rid the need of having to "guess" , or have to purchase a reprinted book to repair vintage radios. I restore many, many vintage tube radios, and always replace the "mystery caps" so the next generation of restorers never have to be confused. Re-stuffing orig caps is rediculous IMO, and once you get those old orig bakelight housings out of the way, the orig screw-hole in the chassis can be used to mount a new "fully-visable" terminal strip in most cases. I have rebuilt several A-K power units in my days, and "digging tar" to get to components was never a "good-idea" in the 1st place. Now, all you "purists" can chunk rocks at me, but I will also throw many orig bakelight blocks back , or better yet, if you want to re-stuff em, I have plenty in a cardboard box under my bench if you want em. Just my .02, TR