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DMcMahon · 20th Sep 2020, 8:50 am

Cannot find my old solder wick supplies so have just ordered some more.

Probably could have tried some copper braid off a cable with flux but as I have not had a lot of success previously, thought best to get some modern fluxed solder wick to get better chance of success.

Undecided yet whether to wait for the solder wick to arrive before replacing the IC's.

Either way will only replace one of them initially, if this does not fix the problem on that channel, then little point at that stage replacing the other one, as then it would indicate the fault is elsewhere.

20th Sep 2020, 8:50 am	#113
DMcMahon Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK. Posts: 6,604	Re: Uher CR 240 AV Cassette Recorder Cannot find my old solder wick supplies so have just ordered some more. Probably could have tried some copper braid off a cable with flux but as I have not had a lot of success previously, thought best to get some modern fluxed solder wick to get better chance of success. Undecided yet whether to wait for the solder wick to arrive before replacing the IC's. Either way will only replace one of them initially, if this does not fix the problem on that channel, then little point at that stage replacing the other one, as then it would indicate the fault is elsewhere.