Transferring of ribbon cable from optical drive.

Right now I am thinking of replacing the optical drive on my MacBook Core Duo 13" 2GHz computer. When I read the description of the new optical drive online, it said that it does not come with a ribbon cable or mounting bracket. However it did suggest that the ribbon cable and mounting bracket can easily be transfered from existing optical drive. I want to know, what exactly are you supposed to do to transfer the ribbon cable properly? What tools are required to do it? Is it something easy to do or does it require a lot of skill and expertise?