thanks alaxfire. that will definitely save me some skinned knuckles when i get around to replacing it again this weekend. As for the rest. i checked every parts store in town looking for a bosch cps. none of them had the bosch brand. i eneded up with a duralast from autozone. i am assuming it was the air conditioner fuse popping. i have heard fuses pop before, thats what it sounded like and now the air is not working. i will know more when i get the time to dig into it this weekend.
any help on where to find the bosch cps will be appreciated