Lost the lighting on my dash

No continuity to what? When disconnected that pin should be continuous to the corresponding pin on the other (round) connector, and to the headlight switch where the instrument light feed comes from.

I checked the wire, not the pin, for continuity to ground. Got nothing.

The other two wires from the harness connector (that you can see in the picture) have continuity to ground - both checked on the wire disconnected from the pins. They feed the left blinker and the high beam dash light.

Am I checking the wrong thing here?? Electrics is definitely my downfall...