[renaissance man]

Thanks D.V.,

I'm running intermittant rubber lines from the tank. There is a spliced piece in the pickup in the tank about 4" long. from the fuel filter (in the engine compartment) to the pump there is new braided line about 7'. I'll give the pump a try first.

ps: another friend of mine here suggested if you can invision this, placing a 6' piece of hose in a 2-3 gal container of Gasoline. Connect the other end of the hose directly to the fuel pump, thus, eliminating the entire length of original hose from the fuel tank to the fuel pump. Then, see what the pressure does. If it holds steady, it's a collapsing line caused from the sucking of the pump. Anything after the pump would not cause a drop in pressue as the pump it pushing from that point to the carburator. If there were blockage there, then the pressure would in fact increase due to the force being put on the line. If the pressure still dropped I have effectively eliminated the majority of line and it must be a defect in the pump itself.

Sounded pretty logical????