I'll be running tomorrow.

[renaissance man]

Hey D.V. Good to hear from you!

Here's the poop... There was a plastic/mesh sock in the tank. Found it at the bottom and was not attached nor no way to attach it. This fuel tank was originally from a F.I. car and simply made it a manual pumping station. I also thought the sock at the bottom was the problem and I removed it because it wouldn't stay on. The inline filter was added in lieu of the in-tank sock as an after thought. The pressure was an issue before the in-line filter was added. I just put it in recently to keep some of the crud out of the tank. Other than that, the tank is pretty clean and free of debris. I was thinking of getting one of those Summitt filters that bolt to the engine compartment with the large replacable filters that go to 10 microns. I have been trying to troubleshoot this in a methodical one step process to keep from getting confused as to how many things were changed at once.

Rundown:

Lines were all disconnected fromt the tank pickup to the carb and blown out with air compressor.

In line clear filter installed to not only filter debris but aid in "seeing" how much gas was actually flowing as a diagnostic tool.

Pressue guage has been installed from day one at the carb. (Liquid filled from Jegs).

Fuel pump line to pressure guage was disconnected at the pressure guage. Also, disconnected the coil wire. Turned car over a few times to see if the pump was pumping...gas spit a fot or so out of the line which indicated that the pump was indeed pumping.

All tubing from the tank to the carb is 5/16" which should be adequate.

Carb sprays gas into the jets with great force.

Am thinking that there might be a small leak in the mechanical pump diaphram that is causing the pressure to drop. Can't be the pressure guage as I can see the depletion of gas through the clear filter. Not to mention the guage doesn't care if it's gas, milk or water that it's reading...shouldn't fluctuate and the in line filter substantiates that fact that there is less gas a half-hour after starting the car. I'm going to buy the mechanical pump from Carquest tonight for $22.49 it's a cheap diagnostic tool.

If this doesn't work, I'm going to run 15' of hose straight from the tank on the outside of the car to the new fuel pump to eliminate all of the existing lines that came on the car originally.

Whew!!!!