Believe me, this monitor is plenty old enough and it needs a capkit.
Ken - I've been searching around plenty tonight and I've run across your name on all kinds of monitor related forums other than here, you are believed!

I found a write up on how to do a cap kit....it was pretty good but to a complete noob it's still a little intimidating. I've discharged an old monitor before (no pop btw for me) so I'm not freaked out by that, I'm just wondering if it's just as simple as they say.
1. order kit from bob roberts (or whoever you prefer, I've done biz with Bob before so he's my pref)
2. remove board without getting electrocuted and/or damaging yoke, shell, soft gooey center
3. identify and desolder old capacitors
4. install and solder new capacitors
5. reverse number 2.
6. pray
I'd love for a $5 kit and a couple of hours (noob remember) to fix this monitor, it really looks great, no burn in and the colors are great. It's the only arcade monitor I have and I'm ready with my ArcadeVGA (bought when they first came out and sitting in box since).
If you have any advice or links (photos are SOOO helpful) I'd appreciate it. Worst case scenario I either blow it up (it's not really usuable now) or it doesn't fix the problem.
Thanks again for the input!