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Thanks for the replies so far everyone.

I talked with another guy I know at an electronics surplus shop and he said that I really should use a higher value capacitor, and that 100 mfd would be fine. He also said that it would be okay to test the tv with the original selenium rectifiers. I was kind of hesitant about that, but he has helped me a lot with antique radios I've fixed in the past and the Olympic tv, so I generally trust his advice.

The capacitor cans have cardboard tubes covering them, and I was able to take them off. So what I was thinking of doing was to glue the new capacitors inside the tubes, then cutting the cans but leaving part of the bottom still attached to the chassis so that I could just fit the cardboard tubes back on. It will look original from the outside. I usually don't care too much about how the chassis looks, my main concern is just that it works and it's safe. But now that I have a little bit more experience, I'm going to try to take more care this time and make it a little neater. Well, I'll do my best anyway! I'm definitely not a professional!

I attached some pictures. I took them with my cell phone, I hope they're clear.