I only drive my ole first gen about once a week so I went out today to fire it up & take it down the road but it wouldn't crank. It normally doesn't even turn over once before it fires but today I got nothing. I took a look & I can see where the lift pump & block are wet, looks like fuel, just got there. So I "primed" the pump with the manual lever, it felt like it pumped the first time, the second time nothing. If I waited a couple seconds it would pump again. Anyway, it fired. No smoke, everything sounds fine & runs fine, it doesn't run flat or anything like that.
Is the lift pump on it's way out or already shot? What's a good direct bolt on upgraded pump?

 

well if you can get it to prime, it sounds like maybe to me you have a ruptured supply line or something along those lines...its probably sucking air thru where ever the fuel that you described that is all over your engine

 

Checked lines, no problems there.
Any other input appreciated.

 

check the gasket on the block mine did the same it all wet and nasty pull the pump of and put gasket sealer and go truckin

 

If it is leaking fuel out it is leaking air in, Find teh leak and fix it and I bet your problem is solved. Your losing prime some how. The IP will pull fuel from the tank and the engine will run with a bad lift pump (wont like it though) but if there is any air in the lines it wont pull any fuel.

 

Bad lift pump that goes too long = problems for the IP, right? I do see a little oil too so could be the seal to the block is leaking. I assume the old diaphragm pump will leak fuel when it's bad & lose it's prime?

 

A bad lift pump is not in any way going to keep the engine from cranking. The only thing that can cause that is an electrical problem, a starter problem, or an engine problem.

A bad lift pump on a VE truck will reduce longevity of the IP, not much at all if the pump isn't turned up, and still nowhere close to what a bad IP does to a VP truck.

 

I think he ment that it would not fire begle

 

Right on RSWORDS

 

You get it fixed yet?