I’ve done this with the stand-up WICO condensers. I cut the bottom open with a lathe and a very sharp tool, install the discrete component, and resolder the case shut. It was really the only option for those WICO condensers, since the screw terminal on top is integral to the system. The brass cans are VERY soft, so my success rate was about 80% over a dozen or so. I’ve rarely found one of these original condensers to be good, they all are very leaky. You’ll get one or two good sparks out of it at slow speed, which fools you into thinking they are OK. But when leak tested at any voltage above 20 or so, they fail.
T
Tom I would very much like to see pictures of the process; should you have any. And; certainly a picture of the finished project! I’ve been wondering what solution there is to remedy those WICO leakers…..
Chuck