[minncub]

All of the parts finally arrived for me to start my home made hydraulic lift project. I am using a jeep hy lo hydraulic pump. This setup has the advantage of having the pump, reservoir, and valve all in one unit. The disadvantage to this is that I am limited to where I can locate the pump. I am probably going to run it off of the same pulley that the factory pump is run off. The problem is the jeep pump rotates the wrong way so the reservoir sticks off towards the front of the tractor, which means the pump must be mounted way off to the side to clear the generator or the air cleaner depending on which side I want to mount it. My question is this: is there a way to get the pump to rotate the other direction? I have heard mention of twisting the belt to get the rotation reversed, but Im not sure how well this works or the disadvantages. Has anyone seen this type of setup before, and if so, how did it work?