HELP!!! C230 Supercharger replacement

[cehvinn33]

I'm car-illiterate, so I need some help. A year and a half ago, I bought a 2000 C230 Kompressor with 75k miles. Now it has about 102k. I just took it into the shop and got new mounts for the engine. The mechanic also told me that he found a hairline fracture in my supercharger, and that I would need to replace it. He said it was a $2000 part, and a $3000 job.
I've read some forums and it seems like there should be a cheaper way to do this. In fact, at http://www.canadiansupercharger.com they have rebuilt superchargers for about $650.
Does anyone have any suggestions about what I should do. Should I trust the rebuilt supercharger? Should I expect more problems even if I get it fixed? I don't care that much about power. Is it possible to just disable the supercharger? Should I expect to pay $1000 just for labor to replace? I'm in Indianapolis, and there aren't a lot of places around here that even work on Mercedes. There's only one Mercedes dealer (other than the small used dealers).
Any help is appreciated.

[Educaid]

When mine went out at about 100,000 miles, the part was about $1,800 and the labor was only $200 or so at the dealer.

[manny]

Go with " CanadianSupercharger" & pay somebody $ 200.00 to replace it.
It's really not that big of a job.

[ILUVMILS]

Originally Posted by cehvinn33

I just took it into the shop and got new mounts for the engine. The mechanic also told me that he found a hairline fracture in my supercharger, and that I would need to replace it. He said it was a $2000 part, and a $3000 job.

Is the "hairline fracture" causing any problems, or is it something your mechanic just "found"? In my experience, MB superchargers have a very low failure rate.

[cehvinn33]

The mechanic said I could still drive the car now, but he'd be surprised if the check engine light didn't come back on. He said I'd be lucky to make it a year without any symptoms. I do notice that when I start my car, my engine makes a small buzzing noise at first, then goes away. This is new, and I had assumed that they had fixed this when they replaced the mounts and cleared the check engine code.

[nulu]

Ive got one if you need one nuandlu@yahoo.com