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Identify the main harness that connector is part of, then unplug all the other connectors that share that same harness.
Push the harness and connectors all the way down into the lower cab.
Raise the playfield, and pull the disconnected harness out. You should be able to handle the defective connector more easily.
Whether this is less overall effort than disassembling the light panel and other connectors, depends on the particular harness, etc, so it's your call there.
+1 on the Iwiss crimper. For that price it's a no brainer: I've seen too many single-use single-size tools that cost 3 times as much. It is a little awkward at first but once you get the hang of it (and learn how to strip and feed the proper lead length on the wires) you'll feel like a pro.
First connector I re/built with one of those was an awesome feeling, it looked indistinguishable from factory instead of the typical ugly "meh but it works who cares" mess.
Quoted from RoyF:I like this idea. Depending on what that harness is bundled with in the cabinet, I could choose to leave it still in the machine and just the fact that it was dropped into the cabinet would give me relatively easy access to the connector by standing next to the machine with the playfield up.
Yep, that's the idea... glad you like it 
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