Al said:

 

One easy solution is to use the gold plated, machined crimp-on d-sub pins.  Put all the pins on, but pull the wire bundle to where it goes before snapping the pins into the connector.

 

Any seconds to that motion (Tracy needs a little more pressure; don’t ya think :)

           

 

You’ve got my vote!! After working with crimp-on D-Subs with the EFIS and the radios it was quite a step backward to try and solder all those little pins on the EM-2.  Like you, if I had to do it over I would probably go buy the crimp-on shells and pins.