[PeteKz]

And let me pull this thread a little more towards the fuel pump. As stated above, I am using the new style generic Bosch pump, which I installed 5 years ago. I put it in the same rear location as the OE pump. I vaguely considered moving it to the front to be closer to the tank, as in the newer cars, but it was easier to just leave it in the original location.

However, a couple days ago, I was low on fuel and sucked air coming up a steep section of private drive to my house. This was due to me trying to run the tank as low as I could before pulling the fuel strainer at the bottom of the tank, to check that it was clear. When I hit that steep section, the combination of forward motion and uphill angle caused the remaining fuel to slosh back and uncover the pickup tube. Anticipating this might happen, I had an extra gallon of gas in a fuel can in the car. I then rolled backwards down to a less uphill spot on the drive, and added the gallon. It sputtered but did not fire up. Okay, maybe one gallon wasn't quite enough fuel to re-prime the fuel lines and pump. I then trudged up the hill to my house and came back with 3 more gallons of fuel and poured that in. Still no start, in fact I finally ran the battery down. A neighbor came out to help me, and he ended up towing my car up to my house with his pickup truck.

There it sat for a couple days on pretty level ground. Then I went to try starting it again, and it fired up. So, it looks like it needed to sit for some time for the fuel to reprime the lines and pump.

Now I'm thinking this is a good reason to move the pump to the front. Does anyone have a similar experience with an old car and moved the pump forward? Did it help with preventing the pump from sucking air on steep hills?