Hey, I’m late to the party, decided to try keep my grumpy old 2014 MM alive by swapping out HD against SSD.

The online helps were a GREAT help, couldn’t have done it without it.

Only caveat (to anyone else still messing with old 2014 MM) the 4 T6 screws keeping the HD in it’s little plastic tray: oh my! A car mechanic at Apple must have used a compressor impact drill to secure them! Took me a vise (to hold the HD assembly) a micro screwdriver and a Allen-wrench to prey them lose! Lordy, Apply , why…

But the rest was pretty straightforward. Thanks again.

The front panel assembly was more difficult that I had imagined. The little contacts glued on to the plastic (electric contacts) for the home button and the ear piece, both were hard to remove... If you want to save yourself some jittery nerves using a scalpel to remove those (The included plastic scraper thingy was not working) then I suggest to buy the "assembly" which costs more but comes "plug and play ready". However, if you have a glass of Schnaps cost by (to steady your hands : ) and have strong nerves, go for it! I can be done.. : )

This part had me NEARLY stomped... the plastic thingy that was shipped with the "kit" did NOT work to remove those glued-on contacts. I had to resort to a surgical scalpel knife I had handy (luckily, everyone should have one!) and was able to carefully lift the contacts this way....