[ARC5] Restoring a BC-455-b, request advices

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Even though most of the capacitors in question are hidden inside, anyone 
who does remove the bottom cover will know immediately that someone has been 
inside the set.  Having encountered dozens if not hundreds of sets that 
obviously weren't repaired while in original service, and knowing that the 
majority of such usually poor quality hacking resulted in poorer performance, my 
standard method is to rebuild canned capacitors rather than to replace them 
with some sort of terminal strip, regardless of how neatly done.  Rebuilding 
is usually more time consuming than jury rigging but it is unlikely you will 
even have to do it twice.

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 05/01/2016 09:08:11 AM Central Daylight Time, 
wrcromwell at gmail.com writes: 
> Hi Paolo,
> 
> Those parts are inside and nobody is going to see them. The real 
> question is whether you want a museum piece that is all original to sit 
> on the shelf in a glass display case to look at or a radio to go on the 
> air and listen to. You already said you want to listen so you should 
> change the caps. Check the resistors while you are in there. I found a 
> few that were far out of spec in the ones I have worked on. You can buy 
> or build a 'control box' for it that plugs into the socket on the back 
> so that you won't need to modify the front for the gain pot, BFO switch, 
> and audio out plug.
> 
> Have fun with your project.
> 
> 73,
> 
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