@SteveH posted:Maybe obvious, or maybe helpful: When checking small connectors and I need free hands, I often insert a short length of small gauge solid wire into the connector housing, making contact with the pin under test. Then attach an alligator clip lead between the each piece of solid wire and each meter test probe. This method will add a little more resistance, but this can be accounted for when relevant. Just checking continuity, the additional resistance wouldn't matter.
Being super lazy, and also having been bit by wires coming loose and touching places they shouldn't touch, I frequently just tack the wire onto the connection with a dab of solder. 
