ACDelco D221 Professional Radio Antenna Module Capacitor

this is the BC 342 it's a world war two Vinnie's general coverage receiver they came in two flavors the BC 342 was this one is with the AC supply and then the BC 312 with a DC Dyna motor supply there was also an X version that was 24 volts all are the same essentially except for the power supplies I'm going to show you how to replace the capacitors when the RF and detector cans this is not a difficult task and if you want your 3:42 to perform as it should these will need to be placed if they are stock here's what you can expect to find in your stock receiver on the left is the factory micro mold capacitors usually short when they go bad resulting loss of B plus voltage many BC 312 3:42 receivers were overhauled in the early 50s and the mica molds replaced with the Sprague black beauties on the right a bit better than the mica molds but after 60 years they too must go the values on these