Oh, I think the line you see going across the rotor is the edge of the plating. Only half of the rotor and stator are plated. The stator is plated on the bottom. The rotor is plated on the inside surface. Sometimes you can clean the inside surfaces and restore
it.
Walt Cates, WD0GOF
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Thanks C, ?I don¡¯t recall seeing one like this. Your pic gives me a much better idea about its construction.
I can just make out a line going across, almost thru the center, but I can¡¯t understand why
cracked mica
??would ¡°open¡± the capacitor; but it might short it out. ?

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looks rusty?
The other ¡°plate¡± is connected to the screw somehow maybe, and then to some kind of terminal? Likely on the nut side?
GUESS? I have not learned much over the years.
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The trimmer is cracked.? ?I could not see this with my eyes. But using my camera you can see the mica?? Layer cracked.??
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