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I'm going to ask this question... now don't laugh ;)

I've rebuilt plenty of monitors... maybe its me... but here goes...

Can it be characterized as to what a monitor which "needs a cap kit" looks like...

Colors faded? Wavy Lines? Noisy Picture?

Every single monitor (at least ones that were already functional) that I've rebuilt, cap kits never really did anything... So I'm guessing they have probably been rebuilt before? ...even though some of them clearly were not.

Just a discussion, because personally I think "needs a cap kit" gets thrown around way to often by folks that don't know what they are talking about. I mean I can certainly see when the caps are old and crusty that is an obvious service that should be done.

anyway... something to talk about.
 
Jailbars are a definite cap kit fix. Other problems like "hold won't lock", "colors faded", "monitor is dead", etc CAN be cap-related, which is why a cap kit is always recommended. Since cap kits are cheap and don't take long to do (for some people), it's better to do it first. If it fixes your problem, then you're done. If not, at least you know that ISN'T the issue, and that when you finally do figure out the problem, you'll have a nice optimum chassis...
 
I always do the cap kit regardless... its painless and worth it. I just see so many people trying to sell monitors that "just needs a cap kit" and usually they are wrong.

Like me posting this in the wrong forum :) That's the second time I've done that!!!! Senility kicking in... going to be 40 this week
 
Cap kits give you a good basseline for diagnosing other problems with a monitor. It is like trying to repair a driveability problem with your car and not doing a basic tune-up first. A poor idle may be caused by a lazy O2 sensor but fixing the O2 sensor before replacing the other wear components that are past their prime will almost never give you optimal performance.
 
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