Rather than unsoldering old components, it may be worth leaving the wire tail, cleaning it, and then attaching the new component with a short spiral of wire overlapping the two wires.. Philips often used this technique in their radios back in the 30's. It produces a very neat and sound method without risk of damage to other components sharing the same tag. Obviously this wouldn't do for a proper full restoration where original components are restuffed to preserve originality of appearance, but for here it will save a lot of time.
The quest for "originality of appearance" on components is something I never much understood. They weren't fitting wax caps because they thought they looked pretty. From a purely practical perspective I don't like poking at a restuffed can cap and find the previous fiddler has hidden inside the cheapest rubbish going.
Rather than unsoldering old components, it may be worth leaving the wire tail, cleaning it, and then attaching the new component with a short spiral of wire overlapping the two wires.. Philips often used this technique in their radios back in the 30's. It produces a very neat and sound method without risk of damage to other components sharing the same tag. Obviously this wouldn't do for a proper full restoration where original components are restuffed to preserve originality of appearance, but for here it will save a lot of time.
The quest for "originality of appearance" on components is something I never much understood. They weren't fitting wax caps because they thought they looked pretty. From a purely practical perspective I don't like poking at a restuffed can cap and find the previous fiddler has hidden inside the cheapest rubbish going.