I don't think bodging it with a pair of pliers is quite the "more robust solution" the OP was asking for.
Well I see you spewing forth a plethora of options, so I yield to your insurmountable level of knowledge on this problem. Silly peasant me trying to offer an idea.
(I don't see how using a decent set of pliers is "bodgeing" btw)
That wasn't remotely my point, actually, the substantial difference in tooling was.
Are you going to continue spewing profanities and being offensive, or are you going to use your head?
I will spew all the fucking profanities I want, it's a free world. I fail to see how I have been offensive. All I have been doing is trying to offer some kind of idea to the OPs post (which I also apologise, because we are hi-jacking this thread), which you have just decided to tear apart for no good reason as far as I can tell. To me, the most robust solution here would be splicing and soldering the cables together, which the OP is trying to avoid.
So Monkeh, I would put this forth to you: either stop being a negative nelly, and either a) contribute something helpful (like a possible solution!) for the OP, or just b) leave. Quite easy.