Actually, I was fearing the fuel pump was the culprit. What a hassle it will be. However I will beg bowwor or steal the proper meter to check the pressure. It currently has 1/2 tank. It idles and drives perfectly . As for the no rust question I bought this unit in upper VT on the NH border and I believe it spent most of its life in Arizona and thus the perfect frame which I am about spray with penetrating oil and drive down a good dry dirt road. Oh by the way, I seem to remember reading that an external elect pump can be added if the orig one fails as it will draw through the original one . Any one ever hear of this?