just thought i'd tell you all that my cruise now works, i pulled a used amp out of a 91 W126 and that did the trick. I paid 125$ for it, i would have contacted that place in Atlanta but i wanted the cruise to work on the way to atlanta for thanksgiving. Thanks again for all your help. I think i'm just going to zip tie the new amp to the shell of the old one, there appears to be plenty of space under there,and i still can't figure out a way to get my old one out! thanks again everyone!
Ryan