Great work on what you have done with your Hitachi refurb and reinstall with enhanced cover. I have come in late here however fully recommend staying with the Hitachi. For your future knowledge I had the 70 amp compressor fuse start failing randomly so ended up buying a new Dunlop replacement from Craddock in UK (I am in Perth, Australia) for much less price than upgrading to an AMK. That was in 2020 when the car was 11 years old and had done 140,000 klms. I have had no problem with the Dunlop , 20,000klms later and have now brought a compressor overhaul kit with new end cover and am currently overhauling the original. As my fault was a causing an electrical failure I invested in a DC tong tester to check running amps. I found normal running was around 40 amps and this would slowly increase to around 54 amps over the day of vehicle running. Fuse would fail after about 3 weeks. Once new Dunlop compressor fitted, running amps was down to 24 amps (see photo). It took 4 mins 37 secs to recharge the system and cut out from initial commissioning. Have also added photo of new compressor installation showing additional SS air connections used to facilitate easy change out in future. I would be interested in any feedback of running amps of overhauled Hitachi compressors. Cheers H