Hello pacificnwrider,

Assuming you did not run out of gas, I wonder about the gas itself. I don't know what the situation is in the Pacific Northwest, but in California the "new" gasoline is hard on old rubber and doesn't age well. I put a canister fuel filter in my 66 GMC 5500 truck and let it sit over the winter. In the spring, this filter was plugged by deposits from the gas and no fuel could get to the fuel pump. And I had to replace the old fuel pump because the diaphragm failed, which could have been age or gas effects. In my 64 GMC pickup, which already has a new fuel pump with a modern diaphragm, the new gas is making fuel line hose soft and sticky. And finally, I have been advised not to use the new gas without conditioners in ATVs because it plugs up the carburetors.

JRMunn