few questions about a miller 330a bp

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hey guys, I just picked up this machine on craigslist & hooked it up in my shop so I can keep my dynasty 200dx hooked up at home in my garage & play with it there while still having a tig at the shop. I ran it straight to the panel with a 6/3 cable on a 100a breaker & it works great.on it's highest setting it will blow a dime sized hole through 1/8" aluminum plate in an instant with just the tap of the pedal.I've tested it all through it's ranges & it seems to work perfect. one big difference between this transformer machine & the dynasty inverter I notice is the "pedal lag"on the dynasty the pedal gives direct instant feedback where this transformer machine seems to transition much slower with almost a slight delay to the input,it kinda has a more warm response & feel to it, I really like the way it is so smooth.one question I have is about the high frequency. I know it works because if I turn it off it's obviously different, but the high frequency start seems a bit softer at times than the dynasty. sometimes I have to get really close or even almost scratch start it,after striking the first arc it then starts up again easily & it works fine in continuous with ac, it's only sometimes that it feels a little weak on the startcould it just be that I'm used to the dynasty & the older transformer machines were a little less robust in the hf?this is the first time I've ever used anything besides the dynastysecond question is about these capacitors. the 2 circled in red in the last shot. they seem to come off of the hf points setup so I'm assuming they are part of the hf circuit?the 2 of them seem to have at one point leaked some brown fluid which has since turned back into a solid epoxy like substance.this brown fluid ran down the machine & pooled on the dolly it's sitting on. the 2 capacitors look fine, I haven't figured out yet how to actually check them though, should I just replace them?could they still be working after loosing that much fluid at some point? of course I don't know if they even have been replaced at some point too.could I be doing any harm by not replacing them? sucks they'll cost me almost as much as I paid for the whole welder but I'll get them if I need them, anyone know how to check these with a meter?   I'm thinking it may be obvious that these caps are my hf start problem too, but don't know enough to be sure about that at this pointone last question I have for now is, this machine has a water cooled torch & an on board water solenoid. I'm assuming I can just plumb a water line close to the machine & then hook up a flex hose to the input? my question is, would the output from this torch then have enough pressure to be fed through a pipe plumbed back to a wash sink? it would have to go up ~9' & travel maybe 30' till it would come back down to the drain.I'm thinking it will have enough pressure from being fed with a water tap but maybe someone has some experience with this? miller 330a bp TIGmiller dynasty 200DX TIGmillermatic 185 MIGthermal dynamics cutmaster 101 plasma cuttersnap-on YA5550 plasma cutterhypertherm powermax 30 plasma cutterbaileigh CS225 cold sawetc....
Reply:oh, another question. can I hook up a miller 5 pin hand control to this machine? the plugs on this one are 3 & 2 because the switch & amp were separated back then instead of one 5 pin plug but I'm guessing it could be wired to work? thanks miller 330a bp TIGmiller dynasty 200DX TIGmillermatic 185 MIGthermal dynamics cutmaster 101 plasma cuttersnap-on YA5550 plasma cutterhypertherm powermax 30 plasma cutterbaileigh CS225 cold sawetc....
Reply:I have the same machine..You will love it!Water..You can make an adapter to plumb the water in thru a garden hose like I did..The 9 foot travel should be no problem because the same pressure from the hose goes thru the torch..My water out just runs into the parking lot out back..The HI Freq. adjustment is the little knob under the panel on the right..Mine is set at 9.The pin connector I have no idea..Member 7A749 can answer more questions about these machines than I can..Give him a shout!...zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:thanks zap, I'll send 7A749 a pm a bit later. I can't just drain off outside here in ny, at least not through the winter months or it'll freeze, someone will slip & fall, & then there lawyers will just take all my welders I'm thinking since I'm going to plumb a hard line to feed the water closer to this welder then it wouldn't be all that much more work to just plumb a waste return along side that at the same time, idea being that using it will be as easy & just opening the water valve & start welding... if I need to drag hoses out & stuff then the water will become a pain to use & probably wouldn't get used all that much. it'd be nice for it to just always be hooked up & ready to go.I already love this machine, can't believe the guy sold it all complete for only $250, including the torch, pedal & 1/2 full argon tank with a victor regulator, even included like 20' of the 6/3 hook up wire  I know they don't go for so much more than that even but it's just amazing what you can get from a machine like this for so little $$$. I just got answer back from miller & found out that this one was built in 1974. I can't believe how clean it is for being 36 years old, I was more guessing mid 80's when I first saw it. the right side panel is a bit scratched from transporting it but otherwise it's very clean, no rust or deep gouges, the guy seems to have taken good care of it, my 8 year old mig looks older than this thing condition wiseI'm hoping I can run a hand control on it, not sure if the resistance value of the control was the same as the later machines with a 5 pin connector...miller 330a bp TIGmiller dynasty 200DX TIGmillermatic 185 MIGthermal dynamics cutmaster 101 plasma cuttersnap-on YA5550 plasma cutterhypertherm powermax 30 plasma cutterbaileigh CS225 cold sawetc....
Reply:thanks Steve & thanks for all of your other help with this machine did a little searching around but as you said, these interface units seem to be pretty hard to find, a hand control on this monster would be nice... gotta see what I can come up with...miller 330a bp TIGmiller dynasty 200DX TIGmillermatic 185 MIGthermal dynamics cutmaster 101 plasma cuttersnap-on YA5550 plasma cutterhypertherm powermax 30 plasma cutterbaileigh CS225 cold sawetc....