No worries at all - Glad to have helped out. I guess you can appreciate how much effort goes into repinning a machine. Good thing it - you will never have to worry about "connector issues" on your game - and that's at least 50% of the problem with machines from this era.
You can keep the connector housings - just remove the pins.
Yes it will make a big difference it was quite interesting seeing how repairs had been made to the boards and connectors over the years .