1977 Chevy C10 known as SharkBite

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Originally Posted by knomadd

Sorry if you took my comments to be insulting. No insult or offense meant.

Did not take it as insulting at all. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once...

Back on topic - If there is no squirt of fuel in the carburetor when you blip the throttle by hand, you have no fuel.

You could prime the carburetor with (best) fuel down the float bowl vent (largish metal tube sticking up in front of the choke on the air horn), or (not as best, but it works) a wee slosh of fuel down the carb. The "priming" will help get the engine running, which may get it to run fast enough that the pump will do its dastardly deed.

Assuming you have spark.

Pull a spark plug, hook the wire up to the plug, and lay the plug on the intake manifold such that the metal is touching. Crank - you should see spark.