Nevermind, I figured it out myself. Just in case someone else needs to know these same questions...
The temp sensor is located in the filter area. You will see it mounted to the side of the wall in there. You need to drain the water below the sensor, unscrew it, pull it out just a bit so you can cut the wire, attach the new wire to the old wire so you can pull it through the PVC pipe. Then you can hook it up to the controll panel. Or you could tie a piece of string to the old wire as you pulled it out as well.
