it's ALL new:: tank & pick-up, steel and rubber line to in-line filter, line, then pump, steel line, to carb.
something musta been somewhere bummer
spider dirt in the line? who knows
i'm keepin my fingers crossed it's all gone now.
& guess I got an extra fuel pump and carb knowledge to boot.
thanks
Ps,
i use those see~thru's on my old bikes. vintage old machines had better gas way back when and solid copper tubing w/ a curlie que loop to help remove the vibration. just classic stuff.