[jeyurkon]

I removed the speaker and chassis from the cabinet today. While working near the speaker I noticed a very cold Black Widow Spider. It was moving quite slowly in the sub 20 temp.

Here are some photos.

It's pretty dirty. Besides the dust it has a yellow haze over everything. Perhaps tobacco tar.

The photo on the far right shows the RF HV section. That section has a black beauty in it. In the center photo you can see the components on the bridge.

The only work that I can find that anyone did is replacing the soldered in fuses.

I'm a little worried about the transformer. Some tar has dripped out. But the whole set seems to have gotten quite warm. All the ceramic disk caps have bubbled wax. It probably got pretty toasty on a warm night in Georgia.

There is a large white power resistor that was too close to the chassis and appears to have been arcing to it.

Most of the paper and electrolytic caps are reasonably accessible. There are a few that will be difficult.

I'm going to have to learn how to restring a dial cord also.

John