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Default Soldering wires on the LRP SXX ESC - AAARGH!

I freakin hate the way they designed the terminals on the SXX speedo. For the life of me I cannot thread my 12 AWG wire through those holes. I have a high end iron set very hot, the speedo in a vice, and not matter what direction I come from with the iron I cannot get the solder to heat up while I thread the wire through those tiny holes. It's driving me nuts. I've probably cooked the speedo at this point.

Any suggestions? I've tried the flat head tip and the pointy tip on the iron. I have to run this SXX until the new Orion speedos shipped because my KO Propo went out on me.
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