Old Radio Repair – Fixing an Old Radio

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I am trying to fix an old radio that my girlfriend just bought. It's from around 1964. I'm just a normal electrician and I am not used to fixing things like this.

Radio model: Huldra 7-45 Skapmodell

Is there anything I should keep in mind before powering it up for the first time. In my experience, capacitors tend to fail. Is a capacitor from 1964 considered old? Should I replace any of them before powering up?

I can probably test the vacuum-tubes later with the power on.

I'm aware of the 400VDC that is probably lurking around that thing.

EDITS:
I have been looking over the capacitors and many of them are named HUNTS,
should I replace them too?

Here is a list of all the capacitors:
What do I have to keep in mind when trying to find replacements for them?
Also, is this the same, 002µF and 02µF, or does the amount of 0 matter?

HUNTS:
0.008µF 150V |
02µF 150V |
05µF 150V |
01µF 400V |
002µF 400V |
003µF 400V |
04µF 400V |
005µF 400V |
008µF 400V |
0015µF 400V |
500pF 600V.
Rifa Miniprint:
0.22µF 200V |
0.47µF 200V |
0.022µF 400V. B 41 283:
100µF 15V.
Metallic ones:
5µF 100/110 |
50µF 350V |
5µF 400V.

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Best Answer

Absolutely replace the ones marked Rifa Miniprint; I don't know about the electrolytics but Rifa's film capacitors are notoriously unreliable and I can see a visible crack on the one in the second image (which is a sign that it's failing and ought to be replaced).

I would also replace the electrolytics as a manner of course, as electrolytic caps tend to dry out over time (reducing capacitance and increasing ESR) and being 55 years old certainly isn't doing them any favors.

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