It was a Haynes manual (prob one of the worst... due to the internets nowadays you can usually find nice how to videos on Youtube or on your car makes forum). I hit a point where I was like FRACK the instructions I'll figure it out.

LOL my first brake change I forgot a washer... ended up with the disc grinding on the caliper. I quickly figured out where that washer went haha. I also bled my breaks at the same time but understand hydraulics so that was simple. I wanted to give up. I never give up though. During college I swapped out a motor that was carbed, converted to electronic fuel injection, converted car from auto to manual, slapped on a .48/.60 trim T3 turbo and intercooler I got from a junkyard, and reprogrammed the ECU via open source software and soldering in a ZIF socket to the ECU to allow for easy chip changing... all tuning done with the butt dyno. Car was totalled within 4 days and I was not at fault...

The part you blew was a blower resistor switch... basically 4 resistors in a row of different ohm resistance where each one led to a certain voltage provided to the motor hence the motor speed changing. Might have been the AC clutch controller switch which just activates the clutch on your AC compressor to get it spinning and making your air cold. Funny thing about older cars is sometimes baking electronics (the circuit board not the plastics attached!) in an oven at ~275F can "resolder" joints and make broken relays and switches work again.

I'm no longer into modding cars... maybe when I'm older. I deal with fixing broken machinery like drill rigs and excavators and such at work enough haha... also I'm not even a certified mechanic.

Working on cars isnt for everyone but chances are you know more than 96% about how a car works than most drivers!