[jascha]

As I said, the issue was caused by working whilst not having the freedom of time and had limited time at home during my holidays too. Yes it's true that the machine is working well (apart from some noisy mechanical issue during playback), however I feel that these caps by now would be on their way out and start drying up and that's why I felt that they should be replaced. It's not an emergency however but the lesson learnt here is that one should perhaps use a wick rather than a pump to desolder components. With such boards that have a certain age, using a wick is I guess a more gentle way to desolder components.

I have seen similar caps on Revoxes and Studers and they tends to be troublesome if not replaced in time, so that's why I feel that they should be replaced in the Tandberg...a measure of precaution.