Thank you for this thread....I'm learning alot....especially the diagnostic steps that Jim Sears is providing.

I may have missed something about the condition of your engine, especially the crank. Are you fairly certain that the cam the fuel pump rides on is not worn? Because I'm like you jim911, I would have put an electric fuel pump on by now, just to eliminate what seems to be a fuel "starving" issue.

~ Victor
1941 3/4-Ton Pickup (in process). Read about it in the DITY Gallery
1955 Grumman Kurbside "Doughboy" 235/3 on tree w/ OD
1957 3100 - moved on
1959 C4500 Short Bus "Magic Bus" - moved on
1959 G3800 1 Ton Dually "Chief" - moved on
1958 C4400 Viking "Thor" ~ moved on to fellow Bolter