Replacing the Satellite Shark Fin with a OEM Satellite stubby

Refunding order and putting you on the “Third Gen list”. I appreciate the order though.

 

If you have both ends of the cable still, then there's no reason why you can't solder them back together. This video is a nice guide, but if you're new to soldering, I would watch quite a few more soldering tutorial vids before attempting this.
I have a ton of soldering experience myself, so to me, it looks easy, but for someone who has never soldered, it would be challenging. But definitely doable! We all had to start learning at some point, for some reason. This can be your reason to pick up soldering as a skill!
I recommend you practice soldering scrap copper wires together first, so that you get used to the feeling, and what to expect. And don't get a battery powered soldering iron like that guy uses, those can be really finicky (I had one and it stopped working immediately after I began using it). You can get a cheap iron, just need to make sure you keep that tip clean and well-tinned: use a damp paper towel to wipe off the tip in between melting solder, to keep the rosin flux from getting baked onto the tip. Soldering iron tips are usually copper with thin nickel plating, underneath the tin. The flux, if not properly cleaned off the tip, will form a barrier making the surface unusable for soldering, and it's really really hard to clean off after that. And if you ever scrape or scratch the tip, you will unknowingly penetrate the very thin tin plating and expose the copper, and your tip will soon be destroyed by further soldering, as the flux slowly eats away the copper!
So in the soldering tutorials you'll watch, when they make a suggestion on how to "properly" do something, make sure you do it that way!!!

 

Just ordered the bullet for my 2012 to do this mod. Thanks for the instructions!