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Post #11 by James1095
Source ForumSilent IIci — #11
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateThu, 18 Oct 2012 - 01:25
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/silent-iici.25310/
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I know this is an old thread, but replacing the caps is easy, no special tools required. I use an ordinary temperature controlled soldering iron. Snip or gently tear off the dead caps cold, don't even use the iron for that. Then use the iron to remove any wire stubs remaining and clean off the corroded solder. Give it a scrub with a toothbrush or magic eraser pad, and solder the new caps on, again with an ordinary soldering iron. Tantalum chip capacitors are lower profile so you have more room to work with them. Hold it with tweezers, tack solder one end, then flow some solder into the other end and repeat with the first. Takes 15-30 mins to re-cap a IIci depending on how much cleanup is needed.

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