Ok I found the answer to #1 and I did in fact confirm that the illumination wire was used to perform the bypass by looking at the harness. Now I am left with this...
I need to know, if I don't have the resistor on the illumination wire, is that going to hurt anything? If so, what kind of resistor should it have?
Will any 10A fuse work for the yellow constant, or did the factory setup have a noise filter of some sort?
Please help!