Maybe you've followed the VP44 diagnostics instructions over at blue chip... there's a point where one of the steps involves cutting the wire for pin 5.  If you really need to do that experiment, don't cut your wire.  Pull the terminal.    I made a tool to extract terminals from a VP44 connector.  It's just a bit of brass tubing.  I put it in a drill and sanded it down until it was small enough to fit into the front of the connector.  You need to move the little red tabs.  T