So far the only difference worth mentioning I see between the repops and the originals is that the shaft where it enters the can is tapered metal on the repops and on the originals there is some some kind of tapered phenolic resin bonded to the shaft. It was probably far more expensive to taper a metal shaft 50 years ago than it is now.
One of my ebay cans is trash ... rusted out under the seal, but the seal might be salvageable. The repop unit just needs an OEM seal, and the other OEM can had a hole in the seal .... so at most I might need to buy one more decent OEM can with a usable seal.
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