[Milsurplus] re-stuffing plug-in electrolytic cans

[Nick England]

I need to re-stuff some multi-section octal plug-in cans. Removal of the
guts went OK.
On the interior the plug-in pins are aluminum crimp connections to the old
capacitor sections, so I can't solder the new caps there.
What have others done to re-cap these military caps?
    Used a new solderable octal plug connector base (not the right size)?
    Crimped to the aluminum somehow?
The external plug-in pin is solderable - I am thinking about drilling a
hole in the base to run a wire through and solder at the top of the pin.
Has anyone doe this? This is evidently standard procedure for recapping the
solder-tab type caps.

I guess I could just forget the cans/plugs and run leads from the new caps
through the octal socket and solder in place that way. But that is so
ugly.....
Other suggestions welcome.

N.B. I usually reform electrolytics, but these 3 plug-ins have corroded at
the base and dried out. And there ain't no room under the chassis for 9 new
caps.

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com
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