[EricS]

Hi Everyone,

I've started to restore a great 40-180 that I found at the local antique shop and find myself in need of some help. I'm a complete noob to this type of work and am hoping some of you can provide some advice and guidance for me as I bring this old girl back to life. I have not attempted to power it up and won't do so until it receives some attention.

The cabinet is in very nice condition - I have a thread for that here.

The chassis seems to be all original to my eye, with the exception of a new power cord and a missing tuning indicator and string. Here is a picture of the chassis before I did a little cleaning with my air compressor and a soft toothbrush:
[Image: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/esantan...G_9796.jpg]

The chassis seems to have had some liquid spilled on it at some point. Can I use some CRC spray cleaner to clean the gunk from the chassis?

Here is an image of the underside of the chassis:
[Image: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/esantan...G_9820.jpg]

While I am not so new to electronics (see some of the projects in my signature link), I am new to old electronics. I don't even recognize a number of these parts

Most of the caps seem to be wrapped in brown paper, but there are other dark brown squarish plastic looking objects with three colored dots on them that I don't recognize at all.

Also, what is this thing?
[Image: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/esantan...on/huh.jpg]

So, where should I start? I presume at a minimum that all of the caps need to go - it seems to be a shame to lose these cool looking original parts... The caps seem to be a bit small to be able to "re-stuff" as I've seen a few do here on the forums.

Thanks in advance!
Eric