Recap Amiga 1200 necessary?

[Nick_66]

I own two Amiga 1200 and both of them still working fine. Thinking of doing a recap of my Amiga's.

Is it a necessary to replace the caps even though both Amiga's are working fine?

[Nick_66]

I want to do this recapping of my A1200 myself. I have all the necessary tools to do this and I am quite handy with a soldering iron.

I saw on Youtube somebody showing how he did a recapping of his A1200 and to remove the old caps he turned them a couple of times with a gripper (is that the correct word for this tool?) to remove them from the circuit board. Is this the best way to remove them?

[Nick_66]

I came accross this video on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaEA85r380g

After about 3 min he shows how he removes the caps. Looks very easy.

In this video you can clearly see that these caps are seated on a piece of plastic. You can't reach the soldering pads.

[Nick_66]

I do have a good soldering station with a couple of soldering tips. One is a very sharp tip and a bigger (flat at the end) one. I can regulate the temperature of this station. I also have a suction pump and litz wire.

Can I reach the soldering tabs of the cap on the circuit board? Do they stick out underneath the piece of plastic?

[Nick_66]

Just found something on the internet. It's a SMD tweezer soldering iron:

SMD tweezer

It's affordable but will it work?

Or this one?