Okay...back to a bit more work here. What we need is free real estate on the back side of the unit...that is to say we can't have a bunch of electronic components sticking up all over the place. So we're going to flip those into the center...between the circuit board and the top plate. First, it is important to know these are classic electrolytic capacitors. That means these have a + lead and a - lead. We must observe that orientation if the unit is to work correctly. Usually the circuit board is marked to show the + or - orientation, but anytime I'm doing this I will mark with a red mark the - side so I won't get confused. You can see I've done that in the second image below. In the first image, I'm removing 2 phillips head screws that hold the circuit board in place. There will be a flex connector. Please move that back and forth carefully as you work. Now heat the front side of the circuit board where the capacitor leads go through with your soldering iron while applying gentle pressure first on one side of the capacitor and then on the other, wiggling as you go. After a few times of repeating this, you will have removed the capacitor. Use your soldering iron to remove any solder from the capacitor and straighten the leads. Now set the capacitor on the other (front side) of the circuit board in the proper +/- orientation and heat the solder dots until the leads come through and the capacitor is on the board. You may need to add some solder. You can see I've done this in the fourth image below. And on two of these, we're going to have to extend the leads and then lay the capacitors down instead of standing them up...one will hit a board-mounted component on the bottom side and one will hit the data screen if we don't do this. But the process is the same, so we'll take it slow and easy...have some ice tea with you and don't rush. In the fifth image below you can see I've soldered an inch or so of common solid copper wire (20 gauge) to the leads to extend them. Alternatively you could buy 2 new capacitors (which would arrive with long leads) and just use those.
~ Jon 1952 1/2 ton with 1959 235 | T5 with 3.07 rear end
