Where to buy U5000 upgrade kit.

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I have a U5000 that needs a cap kit. It ticks for a while before coming on. Once it is on; It is very nice but I do not want to put time and money into a chassis that is prone to failure so I am looking for the retrofit kit that wells Gardner offered for these.
 
I thought the factory offerd a K7500 conversion?

What makes their cap kit cost so much more than bob roberts?

The factory USED to sell a K7500 conversion kit to change the U5000 (dual res) into a K7500 (medium res only). They discontinued the kit 3 years ago.

What makes their capkit cost more? Simple, it has the Wells-Gardner name on it.
 
You would have to change the yoke on your U5000 if you wanted to use a k7500 chassis. The yokes were very different between those models. You would need a k7500 yoke.

Installing the update kits on your U5000 would make it reliable. The power supply section update kit is NLA from Wells-Gardner, but my list of parts is here and you could make it up yourself:

http://home.comcast.net/~mtpacifico/_kenskorner/files/WG U2000 - U5000 Service Kits.pdf
 
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