Electrical woes!!!

67Dart273, That is an approach I considered. Two potential challenges that I see are the length of the wires without the connectors might be too short to bring both ends together, hold them in place and solder them. Then there's that big hole to fill. I'm not THAT dedicated to "restore correctness" but the simple "plug and play" process to replace the harnesses seemed like less work and hassle, and quicker too.

To your latter point, it's true that there are "more than one way to skin a cat" but there are none that the cat will enjoy!!

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