[weblacky]

I've seen caps like these in Insite flopticals and yeah... the form factor was retired YEARS AGO, so the pads are never right for a new cap, best you can do is loop the legs of a cap (think upside-down santa's sleigh) and solder them down. They are simply plastic containers with normal radial caps on their sides. Just dumb.

You did exactly what you could.

Also just because ebay has these drives doesn't magically mean they work, or wouldn't have problems (they are still old and used). I always get upset with people when they say "just go to ebay and get another" when you know it's just as old as what you've got...no better. If you can fix what you have (and knew worked) then by all means, that's the best move. Buy another 25+ year old drive isn't going to help...right? If they were still made, new, that would be a completely different argument.