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<blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 766424" data-attributes="member: 325666">Indeed Llew ...I always try to repair to component level where possible ..Surface mount devices make this extremly difficult ..unless you can afford suitable rework gear ....BUT ..even then you run accross component availablity issues ...These days the likes of Chas Hyde ..my main supplier ..doesn't always stock the parts need ..Often too expensive to carry stock ...but more often than not ...simply not in the UK ..After all ..we don't make anything of note any more ...perhaps a few car parts ...but we are terribly good and pampering ...God I hate that word ..You walk down a high street now ...and every other shop is a fast food emporium ..boutique...hardressers ..or feckin nail-bar ...Grrrr..Suffice to say I get well over 80 % of my spares by ordering from the Far East these days ..Thank gawd for ebay ..thats wot I say..rgdsVS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vipersan, post: 766424, member: 325666"] Indeed Llew ... I always try to repair to component level where possible .. Surface mount devices make this extremly difficult ..unless you can afford suitable rework gear .. ..BUT ..even then you run accross component availablity issues ... These days the likes of Chas Hyde ..my main supplier ..doesn't always stock the parts need .. Often too expensive to carry stock ...but more often than not ...simply not in the UK .. After all ..we don't make anything of note any more ...perhaps a few car parts ...but we are terribly good and pampering ... God I hate that word .. You walk down a high street now ...and every other shop is a fast food emporium ..boutique...hardressers ..or feckin nail-bar ... Grrrr.. Suffice to say I get well over 80 % of my spares by ordering from the Far East these days .. Thank gawd for ebay ..thats wot I say.. rgds VS [/QUOTE]

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