[Ron Ramirez]

This Philco, like the other Canadian Philcos I have worked on, has mostly cloth-covered wiring under the chassis. It's been fun working on these for that reason - but this is the last remaining Canadian Philco in my collection that I have not yet worked on.

A look under the chassis:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00006.jpg]

Now compare that photo with this under-chassis view of my 42-730EZ Tropic after a complete recap and recarb:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00012.jpg]

Most of the original capacitors are in place under the 51A. Someone paralleled new electrolytics along with the old ones at some time. And it appears that a few liberties were taken with component wiring - there is a 15K, 2W resistor under there that should not be there. It will be eliminated, and the set wired to match the schematic.

Speaking of schematics, if you want to follow along, you can just read the 42-730EZ schematic - it is almost identical.

Again, as with most of the Canadian Philcos in my collection, only the IF transformers have rubber-covered wire leads.

So far, I have removed all of the paper and electrolytic caps. About 2/3 1/2 of the caps are "Made in Canada" caps, while the other 1/3 1/2 are USA Philco.

Arran, what is it with Canadian paper capacitors? They have no manufacturer's name on them. Well, one of the replacement Aerovox electrolytics does have "Made in Canada" printed on it.