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Originally Posted by leadlike
I would probably leave the fusistor alone until you have a more stable power supply. Personally, I would replace the E-caps outright before attempting a power up. Your set it much too valuable to risk having one 'reform' and then explode later. If your fusistor is blown, it probably went up for a reason.
But some nice news is that the filament string is going. Do the filaments on the CRT light up? If so, you are about as far along with that until you can get to a CRT checker.
You're right about those flybacks getting toasty. Just on visual inspection, how does it look to you? If you see any major cracks in the donut, or dripped black wax everywhere...trouble. If you see some black sooty stuff lining the high voltage box; that's not so bad as that kind of stuff just gathers in there.
If you don't mind my asking, if you are going for a rebuild, are you going to do it yourself or are you going to ship it on out? If you are a DYIer, I'm sure there are some AKers close to your area who can test out your set for basic worthiness.
good luck,
wade
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It's been in storage for a few years. I haven't actually opened it up this time, but I remember some cracks in the donut, but probably not anything major. No dripped wax or anything like that. I tried reforming the caps just to help test the set and see what will do before proceeding. Not sure about the filaments on the CRT, should I remove the little cover on the back and see if anything lights up? I would like to do it myself, but I've only ever recapped one radio and I'm not sure I can swing it. I have the Sam's folder for it, but I'm not great at reading schematics. I would probably be better off sending it out, but that will have to wait until I have an extra $300-$400 laying around.