Now that everybody else has weighed in with their comments, I gave this one a lot of careful thought. My comment is that this is more than just a "few feet of wire" as you call it. It is much more than that. It is a custom made diagnostic c0nnector. As such, as has already been said, it is a low volume specialty item. The price, while a bit salty, is not unfair. If I were a technician working in a shop fixing these vehicles all day, I would certainly pay the price myself. I might not like it, but it is a tool of the trade. I also see your reluctance to pay that much for something you might only ever use once. No value there for sure.
As to the meter.....well.....a few things there. First off, a DIGITAL meter is USELESS In pinpointing an intermittent or fluctuating problem. Even the top of the line Fluke meter will not be useful in this aspect. For what you are/were testing, an analog meter is the best tool for the job. Flashing numbers are hard to read, need time to settle, and only have a finite sampling rate. You can see a needle wiggle. A digital display simply does not do that one well, if at all.
As to probing the wires. Going back even into the '70s and '80s, I never thought that a lot of sensitive electronic wiring would be compatible with the harsh environment found under the hood of any vehicle. Too many extremes in temperature. Too hostile of an environment. So far, I have been proven mostly wrong. I see no harm in probing a wire. Sealing it up is a good practice as well. I have seen some pretty ragged wiring harnesses under hoods that still worked OK. The whole thing is splitting hairs - kind of like the argument about nitrogen versus regular air in your tires. Effects so minute that even the sensitive equipment at the national bureau of standards might have a hard time to measure them.
Either way, a cheap analog meter would be a good addition to your tool collection.
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