When I connect the ground of the multimeter to the console ground and stick the other pin in pin 2 of the N40 harness, I got 0.00 ... but I also get 0.00 on pretty much everything I stick the pin into to, including the lamps that work. I tried the instrument cluster ground instead and got the same. My multimeter is low on battery so I'll replace those just to make sure I'm getting accurate readings. I'm pretty sure there's at least one short though, given the fact that pin 1 to pin 2 blows fuse 9 immediately. I should have thought of that before trying the new N40 unit and wasted it.
If all the switches read zero ohms, how do I narrow down where the short is? I haven't found anything that doesn't read zero yet. It doesn't help that X6/1 is pretty much inaccessible without taking the console out.

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