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Hello again. I am working on electrically restoring my 16A. A lot of paper capacitors and out or spec resistors.I usually do this kind of work on amplifiers and don’t run into too many radio tuners. Because if this, my multimeter and soldering iron are really all I have needed in the past.I’m working on getting this tuner going. I have replaced about 75% if the capacitors in the unit and all the out of spec resistors I can find. The only caps left (aside from some in the tone control circuitry)…See More

I am having a hard time sourcing a replacement for one of the capacitors in my 16A. Any help would be appreciated. it’s a 4uf 600v can type with a screw base to mount it. I can leave it in the chassis for aesthetics and replace it with a different capacitor underneath, but all I have found in the same spec is a polypropylene film capacitor. Can I use that?  any other ideas would be great. This one is measuring 8.4uf. It’s bad. …See More

On my 16a there is a dual segmented .05uf capacity on each of the main power wires to ground. It’s good. But it’s 75 years old. Any issues removing it and putting on a grounded polarized power cord?