Well using your first picture, today I easily located X22/1, which is a robust, thick-pinned connector, and separated the top from the bottom, jumped from #2 to #4 with a 1 inch long piece of 22 ga wire (looks to be the size coming out surprisingly) and it worked! Joy!
A pertinent note: the numbers are on the top (male) connector.

Also, as i tried to reconnect the M to F connector, the pins pushed the "lid" off the top which exposed a nicely corroded set of soldered attachment points and brittle insulation which I will need to address as soon as I finish my 2007 taxes and the billion other things I need to do.

I hope that the car doesn't "think" it's in P or N and cause some ABS, engine/transmission control, or other system to act up. I know these cars are quite complex. I'm sure we'll hear about it if there is a side effect.

I cannot tell you how much stress this has saved us, Jeremy. Thank you!

-Tom

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