1979 Ford F-150 302 Carb/fuel supply problem

I've never tested the compression. After 30 years and 176K miles, I assume it's low

The fuel pump mounts on the engine block and runs off some kind of lobe, but I don't remember if that's the camshaft or something else. I replaced it on general principles more than two years ago. I didn't notice any change.

Thanks,
Scott

It runs fine when it gets started, and never gives any problem after that. I can let it sit for a couple of days without problem, but if I go longer I will have a hard time starting it.

When I changed the pump a couple of years ago in California I was experiencing brief cutouts on long low hills. I haven't seen that happen since then, but I'm not sure if it was due the pump or changing my timing. I changed the timing, put premium fuel in it, and drove it back heavily loaded over the Sierras and Rockies without any further problem. Until I did that it didn't look like it would make it over the Sierras.

I wouldn't know about the volume of the pump supply. It had the same starting problem in California before I changed the pump, but I was starting it much more frequently then.

Come to think of it, I probably have never changed the timing, but I'm running mid-grade 10% ethanol in it now, the cheapest fuel we have here in Iowa, cheaper than low octane.