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Here is a photo of the leaking item. I have access to parts here and probably can find someone who can do CB work as well. I'll just have ti figure out how to say it in Arabic!

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LOL. I would gladly turn this over to technician here in Kuwait. Do you have a recommendation for who I could bring it to?

The photo is a bit fuzzy to be sure what that is. The printing on the board says C112 and it looks like something has leaked from around the top rim, but I have not seen before what looks like two contacts on the top. Is there printing/writing on the side of the 'capacitor'? Since it looks damaged you might as well get your someone to desolder it and take it along to your electronic parts shop - in the UK that would be Maplin or Radio Shack, maybe there is similar there?

It's hard to tell from the picture, but that looks more like a button battery, not a cap.

C112 does actually look like a small coin-type lithium battery, but it's hard to tell from the picture. It would be used to store user-defined presets and such.

If so, a leaking battery would account for the mess, but who knows if it would cause the issues you describe. Should be easy enough to replace it though -- just take it out of its clip and clean the area with the most pure denatured alcohol you can find. An old toothbrush should be a good tool for this, and hopefully the caustic nature of the corrosion hasn't damaged any of the traces on the PCB.

Many thanks for this information. I'm not able to easily slip the battery out of the setting but I have access to some additional tools that should make it possible. Is there any easy way to test the circuits in that area to see if there has been damage? And do I need to clean out the little tiny holes that are near the battery fitting?

The only way I know of to test the traces on the PCB is to use a continuity tester and go one by one. You'd have to test the leads of the components (or solder joints) though because there is a lacquer coating on the board that will (or should) prevent you from making contact anywhere else. As for the holes -- I have absolutely no idea what they are for, but they must have some purpose, so I'd try to clean them.