I purchased a Hallicrafters S-38B on ebay for $40. The seller said it
still worked, and he was right. Hooked it up to about 10 feet of wire
and could pick up stations on all bands.

I have been reading a lot on antique radio restoration and S-38
restoration before I do any recapping.

The R17 330 ohm resistor is fried completely in half. No problem fixing
that.

But replacing the two line to ground capacitors C27 .02 mfd, 600v and
C26, 400v.1 mfd (it says mfo on the schematic, but that must be a
misprint). I figure these are the line to ground capacitors, since they
are the only two on the schematic going from both lines to ground.

I plan to replace the power cord with a bladed one. I plan to replace
C26 & C27 with Y2 safety capacitors. But cannot seem to find any at 400
and 600 volts. The ones I can find are just 250 volts.

I must be missing something about the solution.

I really don't want to put in an isolation transformer.

Any help you can give me on replacing C26 and C27 will be most
appreciated.

Also I have about 45 feet of space in my two story home's attic. Any
recommendations on a good DX antenna?

Thanks for your time.

John