I have replaced any caps on my Classic/Plus/512/128 Compacts yet, but
it's on my list. I routinely replace swollen caps on modern PeeCee
motherboards and it's no big deal. I have a Hakko desolder station, a
Hakko solder station and a hot air SMD rework station. All purchased on
ebay for a fraction of original cost. A few good bench tools make
almost any board level repair job we will encounter in a compact within
reach. It is really fun to take a dead machine and make it whole again
with a few bucks in components.
James
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Replacing caps is one of the easier and more enjoyable soldering jobs
on the analogue boards. You want difficult, try replacing a transistor
riveted to a heat sink, soldered into the board with a twist. I have a
vacuum pump which makes de-soldering easy. So easy, if you're not
careful the Cap will just fall out. Caps usually have long leads so it
makes sticking them through the board easy and they are usually pretty
big which means they are easy to handle and have a lot of free space
surrounding them to work. Then re-solder. The thing about caps is,
where there's one bad one, there are likely many others or soon will
be if they are all the originals. If you had a Mac Plus or earlier,
you would be doing yourself a real disservice not to replace all of
them at once -- even when they were new, as they were woefully
underrated for the job required. If you don't replace a cap that is
likely to fail (and at this point in your Classic's life they are),
when it does, it will most likely bring down something else harder to
fix in the process. Don't be afraid of this job -- it can actually be
relaxing. Also, it would be very hard to cause additional damage.
Hopefully you'd be aware enough not to leave excess solder on the
board to short something out. That's about the worst that could
happen. Good luck.
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