I generally don’t recommend recapping any piece of vintage gear as a matter of course unless it has a history of cap problems or there is sings of leaking or other failures. As others have said many times folks make things worse by trying to install new capacitors without the proper tools or experience to do so. It is not hard but does require a bit of experience with a soldering iron.
If I’m doing a Model 100/102 for someone else I will more than likely recap it as the parts are cheap and the M100 is known for leaking caps. I died a video a few years ago showing the process. In the description is a color-coded capacitor map with part number for Nichicon caps. I prefer to order the capacitors myself, that way I know what I’m getting. (Nothing against the supplier you linked.) https://youtu.be/IGTdNMx1V1w Jeff Birt (Hey Birt!) From: M100 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of B 9 Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 9:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [M100] Preemptive recapping I came across a site selling a kit of capacitors for the Model 100/102 <https://console5.com/store/tandy-radio-shack-trs80-model-100-102-cap-kit.html> and I was wondering how important people think it is to recap a system which is working fine. My general philosophy is, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. However, I know for some other archaic computers, the capacitors are notorious for not just going bad, but destroying more expensive parts when they do. Are the model T's known to do that? Thanks, —b9
