Hello again, I have good news! ac ran allday yesterday along with the fridge and my wife doin laundry in garage.:S(where I am plugged in). I decided to do a thorough cleaning using that method...when I got up there and took first 3 screws out of shroud I heard a slight crack..went to take 4th out i stripped it horribly half way out, while leaning on shroud I heard the cracking sound again..to Make a short story shorter..i abandoned the shroud idea being short of money right now and thought of buying new one a day before the trip. So I just unplugged and disconnected everything and sprayed it out from outside the shroud, replaced fuses in converter,let it dry all that day and fired it up yesterday morn. So far so good! I appreciate the help gents!!:B