So I go to the yards today to look for the K38 relay. The first three w124's have the cluster removed and the relay missing... lol. I find another one and remove it! Score. Then I see a pair of w126's- one early and one late gen. The late gen has like five right there in drivers engine side. I buy three total- all identical. Try them each on my car and it still will not start without the x27 jumper trick. Next is the NSS? What's it look like and where is it?
A Dalton had lead me to here and I'm quite grateful.

On the awesome side I find a striped alloy w123 rim. Been looking for one for quite some time as I have three others. super score...