I got through the toughest part, for me anyway, of the electrolytic cap change today. The power cap’s, are finally done. It was a challenge to come up with how to get the wires soldered to the new tangs on the caps. They are very much smaller than their counterparts. I ended up using a couple of connector posts that I modified to fit over the smaller tines of the caps. I was able to crimp the connector posts to the cap tines and then solder the wires onto the extended connector posts.
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I received the mylar caps I was missing today and will get them installed tomorrow. I have 4 electrolytic caps to replace and that will be all of them.?
Then it will be onto the mica caps that are the badies. I’m about ~12 total caps and power resistors away from having that all done.?
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I will begin cleaning the mode switch wafer switches this week after the caps are done. Slow and steady has been the mantra and over documenting and picture taking along the way has been very helpful for me to be getting through this.?
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A desoldering station has been a saving grace for this entire adventure. No doubt about that.
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My true hope is that once all is done here in a week or two’s time. And the eventual power up and tune up go much better than the first time. ?If/when it does, then the work really begins and that is the aligning and tuning. That part scares me more than what I am doing now TBH.
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Cheers,?
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Butch - KA?WWT
Butchie_T - KA?WWT