yeah you have to watch out for those jelly sandwitches, the classic is pretty easy to recap, the Classic II not as easy.

Caps! -- Macintosh Classic II

http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19785

Caps! -- Macintosh Classic II Rev. 2 (Enhanced Sound)

http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19815&p=188654&hilit=ClassicII#p188654

The more I think about it, with that tube issue you had, I am wondering if this was someone's mad science project?