[RodB]

That silver can capacitor is an aluminum electrolytic. You should replace it with an aluminum electrolytic with the values from the schematic not from the part. I repeat, use the schematic to identify and replace capacitors. You can have the can capacitors specially made but you can get the same effect with the individual units for less than a couple bucks each. Technology has shrunk them, so don't expect to see the same size as what was there.

Resistors don't usually short to zero. They will measure high or open and sometimes measure low. I don't know what you mean when you say a capacitor is dead. Capacitors either get leaky, open or short. Quite often shorted ones explode.