I can't afford to take the car out of service at the moment so i'm trying my best to narrow down the problem as best I can. I talked to another forum member who had the same dtc's and it was in fact the compressor. I've also read where another member had the same rattling type noises happening prior to a compressor failure so i'm fairly certain thats it. I could probably do a continuity test to see if the fusible link is shot however looking at it, it seems kind of difficult to do without taking things apart. I'm just hoping if it is the compressor that it isn't the black death variety.