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Originally Posted by Kawooa
I pulled the tube so it was out of my way when doing stuff to it. When I first opened this there were two more tubes taped together inside it! What a bonus! I will order that capacitor and after replacing everything see how it works. If the meter seems odd I could try adding the replacement in. If that seems to fix it then I guess it stays. It could have been some person "repaired" it because other more pricey parts were failing. If you can add a $1 part for 5 minutes time why replace 5 parts for an hours time? Still charge the same but make more. I think that is what someone must have been thinking.
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Yup repairmen back then were pretty lazy and most used crude methods of repair. At least that is what I have noticed.
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