This article has general advice about replacing old capacitors.

http://antiqueradio.org/recap.htm

Vintage batteries are no longer available. Some people make up battery packs
from new cells, or build an AC-powered supply.

http://antiqueradio.org/bsupply.htm

You can also buy a pre-built battery supply.

http://www.radiolaguy.com/ARBEIII.htm

Clean the controls (volume, etc.) using a good electronic cleaner such as
DeOxit.

You may get better answers from the rec.antiques.radio+phono forum.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...o+phono/topics

Regards,

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

P.S. I have a ragged old T-shirt from the Range Hoods, a local (Seattle
area) band.


"range hood" wrote in message
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Hello all, I'm new to this forum. I may not even be in the correct forum
for a question like this, if anyone has a link for a better place for me
to go, I would appreciate it. I have acquired an old tube radio at a
garage sale. It just kind of looked at me and said "help me". I don't
have any experience rebuilding electronics, especially antique stuff. I
am handy with small parts and soldering. The radio is a Deforest Crosley
built in 1937 and is a battery operated model. I don't really know what
a B+ 135 volt battery looks like, I've never heard of anything like
that. Is it possible to use a transformer to convert AC to what I need?
I have ordered the wiring diagram, but don't have it yet. I am aware of
issues with old electrolytic capacitors, some of the threads I have
have read in this forum have made it apparent that they may have to go
in favor of modern ones. That is OK with me, I'm not too concerned with
keeping it all original, I just want it to work. If anyone has general
advice for me for a project like this, please feel free to respond.
Thanks. Norm