I finally replaced my "sword" the other day, had been intermittent since winter (occasionally fan only worked on "high" or "4"). David Rainey at EuroElectronic [ameristar@comcast.net]was who I got the rebuilt sword from. He is a very nice man and provided excellent service. I paid $136 for the sword and will receive $30 back for the old sword "core". I would recommend him if anyone needs to replace their sword and wants to do it themselves. He also rebuilds LKM's, I think.
Anyway, the job wasn't too bad, kinda cramped down there and I had heard that the glove box alignment might be difficult. Here is what I did for alignment. Leave the two rear glove box hinge clips loose on the rod in back and latch the glove box up in front. With the clips loose you can now adjust your box for alignment. Once you like the position then you can click the clips so they grip the rod. I had to adjust it once or twice after this step. There is a final locking position to those clips. So, there is three positions to the clips in back "loose", "clipped", and "locked". My glove box is now aligned better than it had been before sword replacement.
Hope this helps someone else.
Jon