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Old 04-17-2014, 10:14 AM
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That glue can be a real problem. It was also used in a heap of 80s TVs, and had the bad habit of going conductive after a while. It caused a lot of easy to fix faults. It may be a reason why you get the bars even when the caps test ok.
If it is glue, going to try and remove it as carefully as I can. It seems to flake off with not too much effort - so should be fairly easy. It is VERY dried out.
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