No I didn't do the soldering. My eyes aren't what they used to be, much less the steadiness in my hands. I did the Save My Sanity swap at
formatting link
and got the board which included very detailed pictures of the procedure and concise instructions on how to fix the problem. You'll find that if you can get the radio out of the dash (they have instructions at the web site), you've pretty much done the hardest part. My neighbor has signed my up to do his Explorer too.