ok i will start with the link for the degaussing wand.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300493844698&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
it cost me $8.05 AU including postage. a lot cheaper than the one i bought back in 1993, it cost me $100. of course it was bigger and had a metal case but this ebay one works fine.

I did find that they where all in tolerance but they where all to the negative side of the tolerance (i.e. a 100uf cap was 90uf)
most of the new caps where +10% tolerance.
all but 2 of the caps where standard 85 deg caps, 2 are 110 deg caps

I have a cap meter but i have no way of testing the ESR of the removed caps so who knows how high the ESR is on the old caps.

I removed & checked all the polypropylen & Polyester  high voltage caps and all where in tolerance


no dry joints where found.