help i keep stalling out!

[Grim 82]

The pickup tube in the tank has a sock filter on it that can plug up. Didn't you just replace that though? Are you still running the lines through the switch valve?

[txchainsawgogi]

Switch valve has been eliminated.

It will run if I put gas in the carb, but when doing that I noticed some of the gas I poured in was coming from beneath the carb...like the gasket is broken. How would this just happen in a day?

It runs so long as I put gas in the carb and leave it in park or nuetral.

[TexasRed]

Did the feed line to the fuel pump have gas? How's the oil smell? Maybe your fuel pump lobe on the cam went flat??

[txchainsawgogi]

In a day? I drove it around all day Saturday no problems...then Sunday is when it started doing this. What about the oil?

[Grim 82]

The pickup tube in the tank has a sock filter on it that can plug up. Didn't you just replace that though?

some possibilities from the tank forward:
tank's empty
plugged sock filter or pickup tube
kinked hose
plugged or kinked steel lines
kinked hose
    -misrouted lines-
fuel pump failure from bad pump, wrong pump, or bad lobe like TexasRed said
kinked or plugged fuel line from pump to carb
plugged or improperly installed fuel filter in the carb, although that wouldn't afffect the flow with the line disconnected. That's about all I can think of if the valve is bypassed.

[txchainsawgogi]

Wow that sucks. I don't see how any of the lines could be kinked or clogged though...its got a new sending unit with the sock filter, and the old one I took out wasn't very dirty or grimey. If the lobe is flattened hoow would I know?

Would a cheap electric pump be easy to hook up if it were a bad mechanical pump/ lobe situation?

[Grim 82]

I've never run an electric one, but lots of people do and most all of them say it's awesome. I would still check and re-check the lines, routing, and maybe take that pump back and exchange it first though. It's possible that you got a bad one.

[TexasRed]

Well, the oil bit was to see if it smelled like gas. Maybe your old pump was leaking fuel into the crank case and flattened the lobe due to low lube properties. Was there gas on the inlet side of the pump?

[txchainsawgogi]

I didn't smell any... the greasey residue on the pump arm just smelled like old engine grease/oil...but not gassy.

[TexasRed]

OK, but when you changed the pump, did the line that feeds the pump have gas?

[txchainsawgogi]

some, but not much came out...should it have been pouring out?

Also would the gasket between the manifold and carb leaking have anything to do with it?

[txchainsawgogi]

So how do I check the fuel line? Just try and force gas through an unhooked line?

I have a feeling I might be hooking up a universal electric pump :/

Anyone suggest a good cheap brand?

[txchainsawgogi]

As soon as I get off work I'm going to check for a gasolinne smell, flush the feed line and see if it flows ok, drop the tank and check the sending unit filter... in that order.

Are electric pumps easy to install?

[TexasRed]

I would assume the feed line should be gravity fed with plenty of gas. If you don't have a lot of gas there, that would be a problem. Electric pumps aren't bad.

[slammed79]

Electric Pumps are pretty easy to install, just two bolts, a hot and a ground wire. Make sure you mount the pump on the frame, near the tank for the best results. The hot wire can be ran to your fuse box and connected with a female spade terminal on an ignition hot circuit, then ground it on itself on the frame, just make sure that piece of frame rail is clean. The job can be done in about a half an hour on your back.

Oreilly has a 4-7 psi universal pump for $50 or less if I remember right. They hold up alright on daily drivers, we ran one on my buddies dodge for over a year with no problems.