Capacitor's for 63 on cluster

[Greg W.]

The black wire came out of one of the capacitors.

Fixable? Replaceable? Needed?

Thanks for any help on this.

Greg

[Stephen L.]

Re: Capacitor's for 63 on cluster

The capacitor was there to minimize electrical "noise" in the radio. If your radio performs adequately in its present state, then the capacitor becomes a "correctness" issue.

Repairable? No. However there was an article in a past RESTORER where someone was able to reuse the capacitor can and install a new capacitor inside, retaining the external appearance, wire, etc.

You could also attempt to carefully drill a hole into the existing capacitor and glue the wire into the hole. obviously the capacitor will not function electrically.

You can replace with a new capacitor but "originality" suffers. You also might luck out and find a used one $$$$.