i'm very comfortable with soldering it's the taking the dive into the deep end this early in the relationship with my printer that had me a bit nervous.
but i took the plunge!
and what a difference it made!!! and really not that difficult. i was really worried about getting the fan out, it's hard to see back there and was not sure what needed to be taken out or moved to get the job done. but i can tell you, it's not that much, just moved the wires out of the way, two of the screws and bam! the fan was out.
i took some photos of the adventure, i have to figure out how to post photos if anyone is interested.
cheers