Jat40

You could use a 555 timer, and a handfull of LEDs. Would take some design to get the pulsing right, but there are a shit load of projects on the web. Pretty easy and inexpensive. http://wild-bohemian.com/electronics/flasher.html

Tahoe's rule. Very nice, very clean

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Very nice and the lines are soooo clean. The back looks damn clean, getting rid of the window washer crap and side panels makes that look excellent.

Unfortunately, the damage is done. Once a component is damaged it will cause a voltage/current imbalance with the rest of the circuit. I would not recommend reconnecting the amp until it can be checked or it could damage other components in the circuit.

It does look like the bottom right cap has expanded on the top. This partion of the amp is the power supply. It is possible that the cap has deteriated over time and just went bad. In my experience with amp repairs, something always causes the cap to overload and short. You can take my advise with a grain of salt here. If it was my amp, I would remove that 1 cap, and bench the amp without a load or input, just to see if it will sustain operation. Going any further than that would require measuring components to fine the part that has caused the failure. 90% of the time, it is always MOSFETS or FETS in the power supply, but without measuring, it is hard to say. Good luck.