"Steve Barker" wrote in message
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Not to mention we'd have to use lead-free solder today if we were
soldering joints - and that is a REAL PITA.

Why? I thought the lead free scam was only on plumbing.

Many European countries have gone to lead free solder in their electronics.
Give the electronics a few years and they grow what is called tin whiskers.
This shorts out the circuits.
You have to use the lead free solder to do a good repair on them.