[stevehertz]

Correct on both counts Mick! I snip the old caps as close as possible to their body ends, slide off the insulation from their severed leads and reduce the formers' length by about 3mm, scrape and tin the ends of the leads and replace the insulation. Using small round nose pliers I form a 'tube' on the ends of the new caps' leads and solder them in place onto the original components' leads. So the original joint is not even touched with a soldering iron, avoiding heat damage to components and retaining a degree of originality. There's a fair amount of judgement needed to assess and address the size of the gap between the cut old leads vs the size of the new cap and its leads. But it's not rocket science.

Yes the spray paint is Halfords Ford Rio Brown.