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Rod Speed wrote:
It'll be the output cap. Crack it open (it'll almost certainly be
welded shut. You can crack the seams carefully by squeezing them in a
vice) and replace the cap.

One of the youtube teardowns shows the use of a screwdriver handle
to whack it with can be surprisingly effective in that situation.


This one was so well welded or glued that nothing would prise it apart.
And even after cutting it open on three sides, the fourth ripped rather
than the joint giving way.

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