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Boater Sam · 7th Aug 2018, 5:15 pm

Those 'orrible Hunts plastic capacitors can be hard to get at. The ones wired from the valve heaters (pins 4 &5 ) to ground (chassis) are not so vital, the set will likely work fine without replacing any of these.

You will need good soldering skills. If you leave the leads of the old component in place and solder the new one to them you will find it easier if a little untidy.
Trying to remove the old leads is tricky, they are fitted through the tags and then wrapped round, sometimes twice.
The builders did this as they made a mechanical joint on every component then soldered the lot.

7th Aug 2018, 5:15 pm	#13
Boater Sam Banned Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Middlewich, Cheshire, UK. & Winter in the Philippines. Posts: 3,897	Re: Bush VHF61 restoration Those 'orrible Hunts plastic capacitors can be hard to get at. The ones wired from the valve heaters (pins 4 &5 ) to ground (chassis) are not so vital, the set will likely work fine without replacing any of these. You will need good soldering skills. If you leave the leads of the old component in place and solder the new one to them you will find it easier if a little untidy. Trying to remove the old leads is tricky, they are fitted through the tags and then wrapped round, sometimes twice. The builders did this as they made a mechanical joint on every component then soldered the lot.