Hi Doone,
Ha! Yes. Definitely wide open spaces 'round here. Uh Oh, that song is stuck in my head now.
I should add, the bad AC clutch bearing gets worse and sounds like a box of rocks. That bearing carries the load when the AC is off. When the AC is on, the front bearing inside the compressor is load bearing.
I've gone through 2 rebuilt bad alternator bearing failures lately on the 120 amp in the B350. Not sure if I should buy new, but the $150 looks better in my pocket, and to me it's only time that I spend working on the Van. I'm getting better at it, But it is getting old...
On the lift situation, I've found a tire shop that I Iike here, spent some money, well, a lot of money with 3 Vans and a Mexican Dodge, and stop in occasionally. They do it for me, but it is Texas...
Catch them when it's slow, see if they'll do you a solid. Doesn't hurt to ask. Good Wrenching Doone!