Little to no fuel in fuel filter, normal?

[robzkombi]

So on my '74 C10 I just replaced the dirty fuel filter with a new one thinking that there was crap either in the tank (Tank is brand new) or the lines but as it turns out, tank and lines are clean. I also replaced the fuel pump, reason for that was that at first start up, the fuel filter fills up with gas then slowly empties out and only trickles in. Is this normal? the truck idles fine and drives fine, I just found it odd that the fuel filter is not always full of fuel matter of fact there is only about a teaspoon of fuel if that. Should I worry that something is about to fail?

Fuel pump is mechanical.

[bd]

You can rest easy.  What you observed is not uncommon and does not indicate a fuel delivery problem.  Did you eliminate the factory filter in the carb?

[robzkombi]

the carb is a four barrel Edelbrock that was rebuilt by a shop this past year. I don't know if a filter was removed. The only filter I have now is a plastic WIX filter after the fuel pump. I plan on adding a filter before the pump but not sure if that is just overkill.

[bd]

There's no internal fuel filter in the Edelbrock carb.  A prefilter on the suction side of the pump is unnecessary and can overstress the pump diaphragm.

[robzkombi]

Good to know, thank you. Well I guess it's like the saying goes, "If it aint broke don't fix it".