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File:Tek_432_internal_1.jpg|This shows the area around the BNC input connectors for channels 1 and 2.  I was cleaning the vertical gain rotary switches which had become flaky after 45 years.

File:Tek_432_internal_2.jpg|View from the rear.  The vertical gain attenuator switches are under the metal covers.

File:Tek_432_internal_3.jpg|When the metal covers are removed, one can see the shaping/compensation capacitors.  These can be unplugged, each one has 6 legs.

File:Tek_432_internal_4.jpg|Another view of the shaping capacitors.  Work on one channel at a time to avoid mixing these up. Carefully clean the legs with isopropal alcohol and paper towels.   

File:Tek_432_internal_5.jpg|In order to access the rotary gain switch fingers, one must first remove these BNC connectors, which means unsoldering the central wire (connects to a resistor/inductor feed-through) plus a debouce capacitor and lead going to the x1 x10 indicator lights.

File:Tek_432_internal_6.jpg|Close up view of BNCs

File:Tek_432_internal_7.jpg|Close up view of BNCs

File:Tek_432_internal_8.jpg|Close up view of BNCs.  These need to be unsoldered for removal, but nothing else must be unsoldered to access/clean the vertical gain rotary switch.

File:Tek_432_internal_9.jpg|View of the input preamp.  This board needs to be unplugged only, but not removed or unsoldered.  It has four 2-pin connectors.  Then it can be removed, still attached to the compensation capacitor carriers.

File:Tek_432_internal_10.jpg|Lifting off the assembly consisting of the 2 compensation capacitor carrier  plus the vertical preamp board  plus the  push-button switch board for CH1/CHOP/ALTERNATE/CH2.  The switch board has two plug connectors below that must be removed.  It helps to have long fingers or a good pair of needle nose pliers.

File:Tek_432_internal_11.jpg|Second view under the assembly being removed.

File:Tek_432_internal_12.jpg|The rotary switches exposed. Each one has four contact fingers underneath.  They are cleaned using small (5mm) wide strips of paper soaked in isopropanol alcohol (2-propanol).

File:Tek_432_internal_13.jpg|One can just see the four contact fingers peeking out.  You can get paper under them using small tweezers.  Patience and calm are required.

File:Tek_432_internal_14.jpg|A view of the variable-gain potentiometers. Note that the bodies are both cracked in the same place.  Both had been noisy, but the noise was largely eliminated by sweeping them back and forth a dozen times.  I guess that scrubbed off the oxide.

File:Tek_432_internal_15.jpg|A view of the contact fingers underneath the capacitor shaping blocks.  Each channel has 8 NC and 8 NO fingers (the other half are on the bottom).  These are easy to reach and clean as described.  So each channel has a total of 20 contact fingers to clean.