[Boatanchors] Is This a Nutty Idea?

[Brian]

Hello Joe,
I have a reasonably large stock of NOS bathtub capacitors. What capacitance, 
Voltage and how many do you need?
73 de Brian, VK2GCE.

On Friday, January 13, 2017 5:30 AM , you said:

I'm working on a Navy RBM receiver with badly leaking bathtub caps. I don't 
want to restuff them because who knows what toxic stuff lurks inside, and 
I'd like to leave the original bathtubs in place. Because of the way these 
bathtubs are mounted, desoldering the leads is a real pain, and there really 
isn't any room on the chassis for terminal strips.
Several of them are three-cap units with the caps grounded through the case 
to the chassis. Here's my possibly crazy idea:
1. Replace the screws and nuts holding the bathtub to the chassis with nylon 
screws and nuts;
2. Use a nylon washer to physically isolate the bathtub from the chassis; 
and
3. Hang new caps on the three lugs on the bathtub and ground them at a 
convenient point on the chassis.
Will it work?
As always, thanks.
                                    Joe Connor