Hello everyone!

My ac fan has been making noises for a while and since my car is parked under trees on a regular basis it would not surprise me if all sorts of debris was in there.
So, today I first replaced the cabin filter. Half a tree in leafs fell out of the compartment and the filter was completely stuffed up (after only 6 months of replacing it).
Now it was on to the blower motor assembly next to it. I want to take it out.
Here's what I did so far:

1.)Slide the two plastic clips aside, holding the "door" to the blower in place and siding off the door.
2.) Removing the three torx screws holding in the blower assembly.
Since the blower did not pop out yet I did the following (not sure if it is even necessary)
3.) Removed three torx screws holding in the blower resistor. They are on top of the resistor (the part with the red and blue wire attached to it)

Here is where I am having problems...I am still not able to pull down the blower resistor and take it out. It seems like the assembly is still attached somewhere but I don't know where!!
Let me mention that this is a 2004 Xfire just in case the assemblies changed on subsequent models.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks,
Nick