02-27-2008, 10:44 PM
Hi Bob
Congrats on conquering the problem with your 41-250.
Since your 46-350 problem is a new topic, I took the liberty of making it a new thread.
Since it appears from your photo that the innards of the old electrolytic are still intact, it seems to me that this is, more likely, a case of pot metal having disintegrated. I've worked on a couple of those sets...the ones I've seen had electrolytics in a pot metal can...and the pot metal used for these cans all go bad and disintegrate to a greater or less degree. Sort of like the rubber-covered wiring in 1939-42 Philcos - you can count on these to fall apart.
This is going to be the end result, unfortunately, of ALL cast pot metal items - sooner or later.
Your only recourse is to improvise a steel or aluminum electrolytic can if you want to keep original appearance.
Congrats on conquering the problem with your 41-250.
Since your 46-350 problem is a new topic, I took the liberty of making it a new thread.
Since it appears from your photo that the innards of the old electrolytic are still intact, it seems to me that this is, more likely, a case of pot metal having disintegrated. I've worked on a couple of those sets...the ones I've seen had electrolytics in a pot metal can...and the pot metal used for these cans all go bad and disintegrate to a greater or less degree. Sort of like the rubber-covered wiring in 1939-42 Philcos - you can count on these to fall apart.
This is going to be the end result, unfortunately, of ALL cast pot metal items - sooner or later.
Your only recourse is to improvise a steel or aluminum electrolytic can if you want to keep original appearance.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
