[Elecraft] K1 component damage angst

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Assembling my very first major kit, the K1, I'm worried that I 
might have damaged two components while putting the front panel 
together:

    - C2, blue 82 pF, got a barely visible crack in the blue 
varnish 1 mm from the lead while I was trying to straighten the 
leads for assembly.

    - Q2, 2N7000. I could not get it within the required 6 mm from 
the PCB, and in doing so I ended up touching the leads with my 
fingers without the proper anti-static precautions.

It is easy to exchange the components now but later it would be 
quite difficult, I imagine, so my questions are:

    - Is it harmful for the blue varnish over the leads of a cap 
(not the body proper) to crack? The body of the cap looks okay.

    - How afraid should I be of handing the 2N7000 MOSFET, and how 
important is it to get it 6 mm from the PCB?


73, Chris