Tan tacky fluid leaking from power transformer

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Originally Posted by SwizzyMan

Hello everyone!,
So I had my newly acquired ctc-7 chassis out on the bench today and when I flipped it over to assess the circuitry there was this weird tan tacky fluid leaking from the power transformer.... Is this normal?! Is my power transformed dying? The set was obviously off when this happened and nothing was leaking before.

Wax or varnish. How hot does the transformer get?