Flyboy, here's a bit of a stretch. Maybe one of the companies that services superchargers for the street or drag strip such as BDS (Blower Drive Service) could rebuild it. Companies like that can rebuild the entire supercharger, from restripping the rotors, reconditioning the case, new pulleys, etc. As you may have seen on dragsters, this is common. Like I said it's a bit of a stretch and you would have to send it to them for repair. You have my sympathies - $2,000+ is absurd. Another reason my '99 C230 will be replaced within 2 years (64,000 miles now). How about a junkyard unit? The clutch sounds like a possible issue too.