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I'm not sure there is any "best" place to mount the hydraulic pump, but
you're right - behind the baggage bulkhead is not that great of a place for
it. I have lots of fiberglass burns and bruises on my forearms to prove it!

In the "olden days", the pump was placed there for CG considerations. But
if like me,  you are heavier that 170 lbs., you will have to move some
weight forward anyway, so why not the hydraulic pump?

My friend mounted his on the *front* side of the baggage bulkhead, then
built a nice little removable cover over the whole thing. It subtracts a
little room from the baggage area, but what the heck, you can only carry 50
lbs. there anyway. It has not been a problem for him.

I say just put the darn thing where you can get at it!