Please remember that old capacitors often contain polychlorinated biphenyls which are known and powerful carcinogens as well as presenting other serious health risks, including liver damage...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychlorin...th_effects
http://www.epa.gov/wastes/hazard/tsd/pcbs/about.htm
Rather than risk them leaking again and exposing others to these potentially dangerous electrolytes, why not re-stuff the capacitors with modern, non-PCB, electrolytics which generally are of a smaller size and lower ESR. Jan Wuesten sells modern replicas which are PCB-free - http://www.die-wuestens.de/eindex.htm?/k1.htm - others sell equivalents as well...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychlorin...th_effects
http://www.epa.gov/wastes/hazard/tsd/pcbs/about.htm
Rather than risk them leaking again and exposing others to these potentially dangerous electrolytes, why not re-stuff the capacitors with modern, non-PCB, electrolytics which generally are of a smaller size and lower ESR. Jan Wuesten sells modern replicas which are PCB-free - http://www.die-wuestens.de/eindex.htm?/k1.htm - others sell equivalents as well...
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