Why all of these issues suddenly? Bad relay?

It’s one of these wires. Pulled from the fuse box and didn’t blow the fuse

 

That's interesting I don't see any light green wires on that one, I cant tell what connector that is from that angle. Can you show where you unplugged it from?

 

Right here.

 

"Heard something odd", can you explain this a bit more?

 

It looks like this set of wires feeds under the engine cover

 

That's EA1, The only thing I can find on that connector related to the IG1 No2 Fuse is the wire going to the A/C Compressor, plug that back in and pull the MG CLT Relay and see if your short is gone.

 

You are a life saver! It worked!

The pulley on my aC just started knocking/clicking. So my guess is that’s the problem!

 

Glad you found it, the bad news is it probably needs an A/C compressor.

 

I owe you a beer! Fortunately, its going to be cold for a while

 

You may want to pop the belt off and check the bearing in the A/C Compressor pulley, wouldn't want it to lock up on you and throw the belt

 

Very cool. No pun intended.

@Dm93 , nice job!