Most of the equipment is original..... the lines from the tank to the pump and pump to the carb aren't flex....hard tubing...... gas out of the line from the tank looks clean....

Originally when I noticed the dry carb... I pulled the line to the carb off at the pump....figured that if the pump was working...cranking the engine would have yielded gas at the pump's output..it didn't...should it have?
I disconnected and cleaned the line from the pump to the carb as well...seems fine...