I finally was able to get the camera up and running again.
The grey wire was extremely fragile, and kept snapping no matter what I did. I tried the flame trick, fingernail trick and ordered some wire strippers that goes all the way to 32. The wire strippers worked on 28 thankfully - but by...
Water seeped into the port connection to the camera, resulting in loss of connection and what looks like scorched pins. If I were to cut the scorched jack off, would a simple female RJ45 replacement work, or is there something else I should be looking for to fix the cable?