Thanks all for the tips! I have used solder wick before and even though that has worked well I wouldn't want to recap an entire receiver using only that. After a bit more research I'm leaning towards getting a de-soldering station instead for my projects since they seem quite nice.
However after posting this and reading the replies I'm leaning towards taking the receiver to the local service guy and letting him recap and power it up. Even though I'm good with soldering and can read schematics without problems I'm just to sentimental about this receiver for it to be the first one I work on. Also the service guy is way past retirement age so I feel like if I want someone who knows what they are doing to look at it I need to give it to him now. Hopefully this receiver will be quite the upgrade when serviced compared to the 20+ year old budget Yamaha av receiver I'm currently using
However after posting this and reading the replies I'm leaning towards taking the receiver to the local service guy and letting him recap and power it up. Even though I'm good with soldering and can read schematics without problems I'm just to sentimental about this receiver for it to be the first one I work on. Also the service guy is way past retirement age so I feel like if I want someone who knows what they are doing to look at it I need to give it to him now. Hopefully this receiver will be quite the upgrade when serviced compared to the 20+ year old budget Yamaha av receiver I'm currently using
