my turn light is my arm

I would not do this cotter pin test in a car, as you don't know what peripheral damage you would do in a wiring harness, and there ways in which a fire can get started, mainly with the plastic insulation which is flammable, non-high temp insulation. And IMO tekslk, you ought to be a bit more careful openly posting advice that might induce someone to damage or destroy their car and garage and result in injuries; you never know what rookie might take this to heart and do it wrong with very bad results. You mght end up with some liabilty.

There are plenty of non-destructive ways to run these problems down!