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Default Replacing Large Electrolytics

On Monday, August 27, 2018 at 12:50:00 PM UTC-7, Terry Schwartz wrote:
...Spend the $25 and get new parts...

Here in Silicon Valley, it would be a lot less. 4700uF/35V and 5600uF/42V are both available at retail for under US$1 each.

The diagnosis is probably correct, and the OP is committed to replacing the original caps, but I do not remember seeing a claim that this actually fixed the problem. At this price and given the concern over the long term reliability of the junque-box parts, I would tack-solder these caps to verify that this does indeed fix the problem, but I would use the new parts for the "permanent" repair. Using reformed parts would be OK if the faulty ones were unobtanium.