It took some grinding and filing and adjusting but the second alternator is in place and generating electricity.
The short version of the problem, as short as I can make it, is that we basically dinged our second alternator to death on the roads we drove to the Guyanas.
That left us relying on the Brazilian alternator installed in Brasilia. Bear in mind it’s the alternator that powers our house batteries and is an aftermarket installation that has nothing to do with the Promaster.
To put it bluntly the installation in Brasilia was half assed and the alternator was slightly misaligned which caused screeching and overheating and so forth as the misalignment slipped and got worse. Chris had the alternator cleaned and checked and when it came time to install it he found he had to cut back some material to get it to fit.
It was obvious they had tried to cut the casing back to get it to fit but it took Chris’ persistence with the grinder to work the problem and line up the alternator pulleys and give the belt a clean silent run.
His wife Astrid came by, ignored me as usual and handed him tools and nuts with her back to me. No idea why she is so stand offish but when Layne orders a load of bread she brought it by, handed it silently to me and scurried off without so much as a “how’s it going?” 
After so many failures with the Swiss van that refuses to work Chris was pleased to see we were generating 90 silent amps at last. 
We were excluded from the campground gathering that evening, fine by me, and now we have to sort out the replacement shore power charger installation. Maybe we can get away for a few days and be tourists in Paraguay. I’d like that.
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