I see that no one has chimed in on this part of the question, so I will
answer:

The little "doo-dad" in the picture is a fuse puller. It snaps on to the end
of the fuses and grabs them to make it easier to remove them.

Ed
> > > However, the little "doo-dad" between the load relay (Marked 8 on the
fuse
> > > panel), and relay 10 (the wiper relay) is not there. What is this
thing?
> > >
> > > It's the orange thing just to the right of the 18 relay in this pic:
> > >
> > >
http://www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=GVW-FUSE91&Category_Code=mp-elc
> > >