I finally got the fuel pump out of the tank. I had to drain the fuel, drop the tank, soak the pump with WD-40 for two days to loosen the rusty screws, and then disassemble the pump inside the tank in order to pull it out. The pump and bottom of the tank are coated with some kind of bluish-gray crud;...

I have a 1952 M43 that has been running amazing until recently. The fuel lines were starting to plug before the filter under the hood. I would blow them out and then after a couple days later it would happen again. I opened up the fuel pickup plate and, to my surprise, found an old electric fuel pic...