William R. Walsh wrote:
Hi!

So what does the cap do in the circuit ? Is it a big secret, or
something ?

No, should it be? :-)

I don't know for certain what it does. I haven't explored it that
closely. I only noticed it being bloated out of the corner of my eye,
so I said "that should be replaced".

I've put it aside for now. Maybe another day.

TEAC has been no help. Although they did respond to my request asking
for more information, they recommended "shotgunning" the unit. (Yeah,
really.)

a good description of shotgunning:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/tprom...te_Shotgunning