fuel pump issue?

[joe Diego]

I just got my truck out of the carburetor shop (new carb. installed and full tune up), drove about 5 miles then she stalled while going up a small hill. After a couple of attempts of trying to get it to start I gave up, dropped it in neutral and costed in reverse to the side of the road. While waiting for the tow truck I noticed the fuel filter bulb was completely empty. After about 10 minutes I made another attempt and it started, so I drove straight home. But this time the transmission was making a loud screeching/pinging noise.

The truck was sitting for about 5 years so I had complete tune up done and removed both saddle tanks.

When I got home I checked the transmission fluid and it was almost completely empty.



(1971 Custom camper 350 with auto trans.)

Any thoughts why this happened?

Thanx in advance