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Couldn't get a good picture for a while as we had the bike rack on the back which prevented opening the engine door. While at Newell the past couple days, we just had them replace the compressor to be done with it. Especially heading into colder weather for a few weeks, it will be nice to have good defrost ability.

Unfortunately, we are still getting some belt noise. I noticed it when going to fast idle and it stops after a few seconds. However it also squealed when running the slides in, so I suspect that the belt is slipping when the alternator is under load. Which leads me down the not-enough-belt-contact path as you pointed out before. At least the belt squeal is far less piercing than what that compressor clutch was doing. That thing could have woke the dead and made them very angry in one stroke.

I asked Mike Ellis about the 5" pulley and he wasn't familiar with that solution. What's the best place to try to track that down, an alternator shop? We're headed out to Fort Collins next, I'd like to see if I can track one down out there.

Random side note, just found out from the AutoCAD model that they printed off for us that 540 is yet another Al Unser Jr. coach. Which explains some of the checkerboard patterns in the original paint job that we also just found pictures of.