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#1
All your faults are typical pot/jack cleaning and re-soldering issues.  None of them indicate any faulty caps.
I doubt doing a re-cap will increase the value of the amp, meaning I expect you will get the same money for it either way.  For an amp you are not going to keep, it is a fair bit of extra work, with potential for creating issues, but that's just my opinion and I don't mean to discourage you.
#2
Why do you want to replace all those caps?
Internet commandments about shotgunning electrolytics 'while you're in there' is most often just bad advice.  It sounds like the amp is generally working ok with no major hum issues.  Unnecessary repairs/parts replacement quite often creates new problems, especially for beginners.  Traces are delicate and can be broken, wires and cables can be damaged from just flipping the board over.  Solder bridges or poor solder joints, etc.
 
If this is not 'replace all electrolytics' but rather a targeted selection of caps, can you post the schematic and list the schematic designations for the caps to be replaced?

As far as other things to look at, I would be more concerned about bad solder connections.  Vibration and heat cycling can loosen up solder joints, especially around heavier components, or things doing physical work, like pots and jacks.
When these amps were current, and we worked on many of them, you would get to know which joints would commonly go bad, and just re-solder them as routine maintenance.
#3
Since it was not blowing fuses, you can put the output transistors back in.
Like DrGonz said, voltage checks are the best way to proceed.

Since it has an output cap, it will be AC causing the hum, not DC on output.
You can disconnect the speaker if the hum is too annoying, and measure the AC volts at the output.

Schematic available here:  https://www.ssguitar.com/index.php?msg=16694
#4
It might be more obvious without adjusting supply while testing.  Just set for 24VDC and turn on. 
Some are not very loud, put your finger on it and you might feel the click.
#5
1/4 or 1/2 watt in carbon film or metal film will be fine.
Check the dimensions, some of the modern parts are so tiny they can be difficult to work with in applications like this.
#6
Quote from: Rkskaas on June 09, 2025, 08:24:03 PMI am getting 1.3v between TR4, TR5 base pins
How about resistance?
#7
The one across D5 you should add in also.  You can see on the issue2 schematic it refers to the same note as R74, so it would have been added at the same time.
#8
No, my mistake.  I meant from TR4 to TR5 as you suspected.
You can measure at the pad if transistor is removed.  Also you can measure at R29 and R30 where it has been installed in that other photo.
#9
Sorry, I misread as to which part you bought 60 of.  Sounds like the opamps you have are legit.
That is where the resistor could go, but there are other spots on the flipside of the board, so measure resistance with your meter to verify it has not been installed.
They would have been 'tacked-on' in production until the new version of the board was available.  Units already in the field would have it added during warranty or other service, as there was probably a service bulletin calling for it.  Any serial # prior to U26000 may not have it yet.
Here is the issue 2 schematic where it is mentioned.
#10
Measure resistance from base of TR5 to base of TR6.(edit, meant TR5 to TR4) 
Should be ballpark 330 ohms if R74 is there.  It was a revision added in 1986, if you don't have it you should add it in.  Measure before adding it in.

The quote about the opamp feedback loop seems suspect to me.  It's not like pin1 goes straight to R34.  The same guy in the other thread on the first page said it was no problem running it without the tank and I agree.

I think you may have an oscillation problem with the reverb opamp.  Marshalls can be picky where they specify MC1458 rather than generic 4558.  The different spec part could be responsible for oscillation which would cook the reverb transistors and that would cook the supply resistors.
You bought 60 supposed 1458 opamps because they were absurdly cheap at around 10 cents each.  That means they are likely fakes and probably came from China.  They may be real 4558 but that may not work here.
Buy some real MC1458 which are still available at places like digikey and mouser, which are legitimate industrial parts suppliers (unlike ebay or amazon which are full of fakes).
And if you did not get the MPSA06 and MPSA56 from a legit supplier, get some real ones and replace them as well.
#11
If you put 120VAC to the 24V secondary, you risk exceeding the voltage ratings and possible arcing or other damage.
Aside from that, it would be stepped up at the primary side, either by a factor of 5 at the 120V tap, or a factor of 10 at the 240V tap.
So your 600V is theoretically correct, and there would be 1200V at the 240V tap.  Also, it would not be able to deliver much current at those voltages.
#12
Quote from: saturated on May 23, 2025, 08:39:54 AMMight be time to read up on half wave voltage and rms etc  xP
Yes.  If there is any AC involved, meter can only give you RMS value.  Scope will not display RMS (except as calculated numeric readout on newer scopes).
#13
It looks like the 2 trimmers are set up opposite each other, but that should just mean you would have to turn them in different directions, I think it should still work.
#14
We've gotten spoiled now, used to be that all you could get was photo-copies, which were usually at best, on par with this one.   :)
This one if from '98, so probably taken from a copy or early tech scanner and that will be as good as it gets.
The only thing I have any issue with is the labeling of components on the 'pictorial'.  If they are not labeled on the board itself, that can make things more time consuming.
#15
Amplifier Discussion / Re: WEM PA100 DC Offset
May 09, 2025, 08:08:20 PM
Not sure how this amp is set up, but are the jacks wired or board mount?
Sometimes jacks that have insulators get replaced with non-insulated, or the isolation washers get lost.
Then you can get weird ground loops, maybe because pot bodies are also grounded.
If you can dismount the jacks but leave the pots touching the chassis it's worth a try.  Then if it helps you just need to get insulating washers for the jacks.