So I have been doing maintenance on my Flash Gordon since it was blowing the F1 fuse (G.I.) on startup. I was able to trace it to bridge rectifier 1 which is fine and dandy.

So here comes my problem I can not get this thing off the board for the life of me. I've tried adding solder and using a wick too many times now and it won't budge. I can't cut the pins because it is right up against the board.

Any suggestions?

PS. Sorry for the shitty looking board. Not the first time it has had work.

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I'm more than sure this is part of the issue but I'm already using temps that scare me for board work. (700F+) The previous owner had a tendency to use lead free.

Alright so after much work and much cleaning, I think I'm screwed.

I managed to loosen the bottom left and top right in the picture but the board damage on the other two is a bit much I think. They are not loose either.

My iron is not the issue. I run an edsyn 951sx a little old but it works. I did switch to a larger tip which did help as I was able to get the two I did loose.

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