[gary rabbitt]

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

Hello,
It's not rediculous to restuff, especially the Philco blocks. Myself and most others love to see the underside of a chassis as it should look.
You don't need to purchase any "special books" or find out about "mystery componets". There's a number on their side. About 99.99% the info you need can be found on Ron's or Chuck's sites.

What is there to figure out? One or two caps in a little bakelite block?Maybe a resistor also? It's almost a "no brainer". This is what makes re-doing a Philco unique.
No need to dig, the stuff pushes right out when warmed a bit. Install the caps, and you're done.

(Pull that complicated 426 Hemi out of the Charger and install a Slant 6, they are easier to figure out, and save space.)

As for worrying about the next generation having to figure out what's under the chassis, I think they would like to see how the Philco was originally wired, not modded and rewired by someone in the first part of the century.
The blocks don't take up valuable space.
It's your radio and do as you please, but when you trash parts of a set that were still installed, and are easy to replace, that's one less set that is not as original as it could be.


The AK power units that are filled with tar and would be hard to dig out all that stuff. I understand that totally. I know about large metal boxes on Victor R-32's that are best handled by using a terminal strip, while leaving the box intact.


This is JMHO, but if you are still changing the blocks, save them for some of the folks here, they would love to take them off your hands, seriously.
Regards,
Gary Rabbitt
and that's my
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