Ok, well I was wrong about that 1x2 inch gray block above the fuse block - that turned out to be the hazard flasher relay. But after removing the driver side bottom cover, upper and lower left kick covers (no easy task, I might add ) I found the relay panel just above the fuse panel which was previously covered up by the bottom kick panel!! There are about 6 relays there, 4 of which (marked ST, LAF, ACC, P/W ) are identical and one of which is the starter cut relay. So I swapped the ACC ( AC clutch, I believe) and the ST relay and viola, no dice!!! 
So now on to the ignition switch. Don’t hesitate to jump in and give advice on taking apart the steering column!