This thread is extremely educational but at the risk of sounding a bit nerdy, I just want to say that these sort of “tweaks” should be handled with extreme care and sometimes best left to qualified techs and/or experienced DIY folks. Almost all these gears, especially the tube gears, run on some real serious voltages and the slightest mistake can have irreversible health and even life ending results. Capacitors in particular need to be handled with care for obvious reasons - they can hold charge for a while.
Sorry, just wanted to throw that out there as I hate to see/hear anyone get hurt.
Sorry, just wanted to throw that out there as I hate to see/hear anyone get hurt.