<VV> Fuel Pump Issues

[Byron Comp]

I've encountered a similar problem now on my '64 restomod. Thanks to the help of a fellow VV-er, my engine is no longer headless and I'm ready to try firing it up again. But the new glass in-line filter shows no fuel in it and the engine won't run from what sounds like a lack of fuel. I replaced what I thought was my known-good mechanical pump (it was working when I began this repair saga) with one off my '63 parts car, but no-go with that one either. I've tried pouring a couple teaspoons of gas directly down the gullet of both carbs and then cranking it, but all I get from that is flooding followed by a couple backfires and right back to dry grinding. I plan to get my wife to go along to the shop tomorrow to turn the key while I drizzle in some gas, put that's not the real issue, is it? How can I tell if my fuel pup has quit? I've disconnected the fuel line just ahead of the glass filter (just inside the engine bay) and have a hose running into a 2 gal.
 fuel can sitting on top of the back convertible deck; so I'm sure it's not a plugged line from the tank or the tank itself. What else can I look for?
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>Now is when I wish I had a trusted mechanic for a friend close enough to help figure these things out with me. Tough being "The Lone Ranger,"; is for me anyhow.
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>Byron Comp
>'64 Monza Vert.
>Gainesville, FL
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>>Message: 10
>>Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:50:28 -0400
>>From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
>>Subject: Re: <VV> Fuel issues Rampside
>>To: PETER INMAN <monza1965 at yahoo.com>
>>Cc: virtual vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>>Message-ID: <E740BDBD-66C6-4227-8F45-BA7AF26A53C8 at skiblack.com>
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>>I've run these on a few cars - generally they don't really fill up until the car has been driven quite a while.  On electric pumps, I like to run them back by the transmission, >it's quieter.
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>>--Bryan
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>>On Apr 23, 2011, at 7:28 PM, PETER INMAN wrote:
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>>> Question is should I not run an in line filter, and shouldnt the gas 
>>> filter be full?
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