[...] -- I don't know how you could
non-destructively replace
 capacitors since they have to be soldered into the circuits. 
Soldered?  Not necessarily.  I have a number of large caps which have
screw terminals rather than solder terminals.
I'm also not entirely sure why you consider unsoldering one thing and
soldering in another a destructive operation.
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