Who did you get the Pihers from? I have never had an issue with them.
If there is someone selling dodgy ones it would be nice to share.
Main point is to clean the leads nicely first.
Neil, I can't remember who it was, but they were purchased from china. I will have to look up my past purchases and get the exact seller. I did steel wool the leads, and actually cleaned them with a bit of alchohol, as the resistors were extremely sticky. I may have missed one or two. I guess in the future, I will have to be a little more diligent about cleaning them, and checking values. If you have a good source for pihers, I would sure be grateful for that info.
Ken, check that resistor connected from + to + on the dual 33uF on the board. It's hard to tell from the picture, but it looks like 1K. Should be 10K. Sometimes Orange looks like Red.