HELP Instrument Panel Lights?

You guys are making this WAY to difficult.

WHY STAY ?? with the factory connectors? They are old and fragile and won't get better. You can get some Molex style connectors and just do the following:

(First, notice that you can simply SEE where the board traces go, just follow 'em)

So chop off the old wire connectors, put one Molex on each, and reverse them as to gender so you cannot install them wrong when the dash is out

Make up a pigtail of say, a foot on the mating connectors, then simply solder the other end to the appropriate foils on the board. You DO NOT need to solder them where the pins are---if they're damage, just scrape clean a little portion of the trace, solder "tin" the board and solder the wire right down to the board.