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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vinito" data-source="post: 96337" data-attributes="member: 12954">Well I'll be danged, you're right. I even read up on it beforehand and found that pretty much all engines turn the same direction, but I didn't think to consider we're driving stuff from the back end instead of the front like a car does. Duuuhh!So I just looked into it and the consensus is that these alternators will work OK running in either diraction except for the cooling since the fins spin opposite of the design. Mine doesn't have straight fins, otherwise it woudn't matter at all. For my use, this would probably not be an issue, but it's not for positively sure. Depending on how things go, I may just see if it works OK as it is. But there is room in there and it wouldn't be too awful tough to flip it around. The difference along the length is about 1-1/2" so I could just make a couple spacers. I haven't supplied a belt yet so I can just wait on that until I switch it maybe.So for anybody else's future reference, apparently these alternators are designed to spin clockwise as you're looking at the pulley. My motor, and most anybody else's, spins counterclockwise as you're looking at the output end of the engine.Well here we go again don't we? At least I'm going two steps forward, one step back now instead of one step forward, two steps back. That's progress of a sort.Thanks for the heads-up.</blockquote>