OK, I thinked I fixed part of my problem. I was driving down the road and she died. I went to restart and couldnt hear the electric pump. Yep, the new pump was toast. I switched out for same and reinstalled. I can now hit 75. So, i guess the last pump was defective.

Still need to check valves again i think. She makes a terrible noises when I try to mantain speed. You would swear a rod is broke or nasty exhaust leak. Oddity is that the noise isnt there when I accelerate or let off gas. It only does it when I try to maintain speed. If I idle and punch it then you hear the knocking around 2000 rpm not past it or below it. Sound like valves ??????