Firebrand
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You may also need some solder wick to aid in removing the diodes.
When I was much younger I once worked as a small card analyst, troubleshooting mods and caps and such using both visual inspection and good card/bad card comparison with a VOM, my job was to identify the fault and send the cards to repair before retesting on SCFTS (Small Card Final Test System), I carried a decent average on my fix rate.
But to cut to the chase, the repair stations were one row in front of the analysts, so I was very familiar with repair techniques and the tools they used, those folks had a tool called a solder sucker. The tool used a vacuum attached to a small glass cylinder with filter within, this was attached to a soldering iron, the vacuum was actuated via foot peddle, the repair tech would heat the lan/pin to liquid state and step on the peddle and it would suck the solder out. Some of the mods on those boards might have 12-16 pins and that tool would make short work of clearing them for removal.
I am not familiar with the solder wick, but I will definitely investigate, I thank you for you suggestion and input, I hope both you and Oregon stick with me here, the help is certainly appreciated.
This is different in design from what I had seen before but it might work?
http://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-Solder-Sucker-desoldering/dp/B0002KRAAG
Found this under solder wick.
http://www.amazon.com/Aven-17542-De...F8&qid=1376159165&sr=8-1&keywords=solder+wick