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Originally Posted by ruf-porsche
Mouser
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Mouser is a great choice (they're owned by my former employer, TTI Inc.). Digikey is another source of caps.
Most of the engineers that I called on switched from a standard Aluminum electrolytics caps to what they call a polymer aluminum cap because they will withstand higher temps almost 2x as long. If you going to go through the trouble of replacing the old cap, use these.
Here is the link of a company (United Chemi-Con) that has been selling these for several years.
http://www.chemi-con.co.jp/e/catalog/pdf/al-e/al-all-e1001i/al-conductive-e-080829.pdf
You will have a choice between surface mount (PX series, starting on p.29) or thru-hole (PS series, starting on p.41). If you have trouble finding the correct part number, just post the value that you need along with the rough deminsions of the cap you're placing, and I should be able to generate a part number.
Not sure if Digikey or Mouser will have what you need in stock, but you can always call a distributor (Arrow, TTI, Avnet) and ask for samples.