The gas tank was pulled and taken to a radiator shop where they cleaned it and sealed it before I reinstalled for the engine start up. I also installed a new sending unit with the sock filter on it. I also have a glass bowl filter at the carb. So, there shouldn't be anything floating around in there unless it got in there when I filled up the tank at the gas station.
It took me a while to find the cause of my flooding issue. Ended up being debris coming from the adapter fitting
...pic......cleaning......all cleaned up....Now I always check all the fuel system connections male and female.
I use a under tank filter, mechanical fuel pump has glass bowl filter, and I added the filter at the
carb after my flooding issue
Just one more thing to check next time your 10-10