Opened and setup my brand new in box LE his weekend and did the cutout of the molex connector with soldering of the wires along with cutting and redoing the zip ties. All done before I ever turned the machine on for the very first time. 10 games in and so far so good. Will update as I get more games on it. Thanks for all the amazing info and pictures for this issue!!

I use these all the time for various projects outside of pinball and actually used them for my Rush LE this weekend. Key to using them is making sure the two wires do not move when doing the process and then letting it cool before moving it at all. I use a heat gun and you really have to make sure solder melts down. Had my wife hold a small board behind wires to make sure heat was blocked from everything else besides those wires. If done correctly, you are not pulling those wires apart and they are locked down. One they were fully cooled, I wrapped in electrical tape for each wire and then took all four and lightly zip tied them together again to prevent I needed movement. The heat shrink on those connectors also has little bands on each end that close down on the wire and help lock it in as well.