Okay, if you're not familiar with back probing connectors, especially an ECM connector, I would recommend using a wire piercing tool that you can put onto a multimeter lead. This is my wire piercing tool that attaches to a meter lead end. The 2nd picture is a back probing tool that can also go onto a meter lead. If a back probing a connector with a pin or tool is not done correctly it can damage the connector pin at the end of the wire or even short out the pin next to it. That can actually fry the ECM if a ground wire is shorted to a power wire. After using a piercing tool, you can cover the tiny hole in the wire with some liquid electrical tape which you can get at Walmart. This video is a really great video on these techniques. They are the guys from motor-age mag and have a ton of great videos on automotive diagnostics. This will help to show the pros and cons, but you would be best to get a wire piercing tool. Then you don't have to worry about damaging the ECM connector or anything else, plus ECM connectors usually have a plastic cover on the back of them that needs to come off to access the wires. The video is only 9min, but it will help a lot. You have a basic multimeter I assume; you just need to set it on DC volts on a 20v scale when checking for 12volts on power feeds. The key must be on as well. And verify the wire location in the connector by the diagram's pin number but also by color.
If you have any questions while doing your checks just post them here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfGa3hFSg7U
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 AT 8:06 PM