[gary rabbitt]

Hi Marsupial.
I was going by the photo that Robert Simpson had posted of his chassis. I thought you were working on the same set, the 47-1230? Or, maybe I am confused

Maybe Robert's chassis was an earlier run that used the block, yours wasn't. I see on the parts list, they show 2 seperate caps and no block # designation. Along with the pictorial of the two seperate caps.


In his photo you can see the block where the white cord is attached to.
[Image: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5176/5464...8520_z.jpg]

So, I thought you had the same in your set. Those 2 caps you show are not mica caps, they are still paper. Change them out just like the others. Yes, the orange drops you have will work.
If these are open , they could introduce what is called modulation hum into the signal. That's a hum when tuned to a station, but no hum in between. The caps filter out this potential hum.

ANyhow, that's what the block would look like, perhaps you set didn't have any. You can also see othe other photo posted showing another block.
At least now, you know what they are next time you run into them.