Nice, I did this mod today and it works great!
I ended up taking the deck apart a little more than needed but it made it easier to do the soldering. I've soldered on Xbox and Ps2 in the past though, so I have a little experience. I wouldn't call the soldering hard, but you have to be very precise and have a steady hand. Make sure to have a low watt soldering iron with a very small tip. You probably have to buy the smaller tip from radio shack, the standard tip will not work.
For the wire I used aboug .75 inch of wire from a network cable. Tinned both sides, lined the wire up, and then t