I was just tearing down an old log splitter (I got it for $60) to use the
mechanic bits for a hydraulic press. The cylinder may be worth what I paid
for the whole thing. It may not. LOL. The control valve was leaking, but
when I started tearing it apart I found it was not leaking. There was a
cracked fitting. Ok. That's easy enough. Its not even cracked at the
valve. it was cracked (and broke off during disassembly) at the next fitting
a wrench may just take it out when I get to it. I spent a good half hour
cutting the cylinder out with water running on one side while I cut the
metal straps and braces on the other side with the torch. Hopefully I
didn't cook any seals.

Anyway, I got to the pump and it was one of the easiest components to
remove. I unscrewed the belt tension adjusting screw, and it slid right
out. Nice... until I started scraping the gunk and dirt off to finds that
they had used a steel drive pulley, and welded it directly to the shaft of
the pump. Sigh. Looks like its going to be the hardest part to repurpose.
The only thing I can think of is to find a way to clamp up the pulley on the
mill, and spiral mill the hub out hoping I have enough shaft left to be
useful when it finally comes free.

I'd just reuse the pulley, but its got a huge chunk out of one side. It
would eat belts.

The old Briggs gas motor was pretty rough. That's ok. I plan to use a
continuous duty electric motor on it anyway.