Same thing happened to me a few months ago- going along and motor just starved for fuel and eventually died. I've had the truck 8 years and it's never done that before. Filter (up near the carb) had no fuel, and pump wouldn't pump with engine turning over. Plenty of fuel getting to the pump. After getting it home I took the pump apart, put it back together, and it ran fine. Until the next trip, then the same thing again. Fuel pump was 2 years old.
I drained and cleaned the tank (just a small amount of rusty gas in the bottom), added another filter between the tank and the pump, and put on an electric fuel pump, bypassing the mechanical one. So far so good, but I'm still not happy not knowing for certain what the real problem is/was. If you figure anything else out please post- thanks
