I know what your preference is. No question. I guess we need to find out if dirtwolf went ahead with all the disassembly to reflow it.
If not, the wildcard is the emitter pin. On my open unit I see R242 right next to it, which goes to the base and collector. The emitter pin's first connection is an inch away at the positive side of C238, but it's a can, so the lead isn't exposed. Tacking a wire to jumper wire J211 would work, but if there's anything wrong with the emitter pin's solder, the connection to C238 will have to loop through the jumper wire and the original trace from J211 to C238. This may not be an issue since it's such a large value electrolytic.
If not, the wildcard is the emitter pin. On my open unit I see R242 right next to it, which goes to the base and collector. The emitter pin's first connection is an inch away at the positive side of C238, but it's a can, so the lead isn't exposed. Tacking a wire to jumper wire J211 would work, but if there's anything wrong with the emitter pin's solder, the connection to C238 will have to loop through the jumper wire and the original trace from J211 to C238. This may not be an issue since it's such a large value electrolytic.
