That's a lot of work (and probably unnecessary).
If you haven't already read the lone pdf document at http://68kmla.org/files, you might want to. In particular, check out the section on the "whup-whup-whup" sound, which might be the same as your "flup-flup-flup."
Note for future troubleshooting: Take some basic measurements very early on in the process. Soldering 2000 joints should be far, far down on the list of things to try (a bit after "transplant spleen").