The shop manual I bought is confusing too. It tells you to unplug the TCM connector and the 8 pin connector to test solenoid resistance. If you disconnect the 8 pin connector and test the end to the solenoids it shouldn't matter if the TCM connector is plugged in our not. I checked it the correct way. The light lights up momentarily except for 3 and 6. The clutch circuit. It might not have lit up the first time I checked it. The bike was idling. The centrifigul clutch doesn't lock up when it's idling. Maybe the bike knows that. I need to find out which pins are which on the TCM connector so I can check continuity between it and the 8 pin connector. The one you're calling the solenoid connecter. I switch the upshift and downshift solenoids. I changed them in the Duetch Connector as well. But it still shifts into reverse but not into gear. I might mess with it again today after I ran some errands.