It always started, w/o being plugged in all winter. Yesterday was in the 40's and it started right up as usual, I drove about a mile and all of a sudden it stalled, I tried restarting and it fired but stalled again. I pulled onto a side street and tried starting to no avail. I thought maybe it ran out of fuel at 260 miles on the odo since the last fill up. So I went back today with 2 gal of fuel and still won't start. I even replaced the old hand priming pump with the new leakfree black one to make it easier to prime. There is power to the glow plugs though I didn't check if any of them just burned out (they were fine last time I checked them in Oct 07). The battery was low so II took it home to charge and it won't start w freshly charged batt. Very little fuel was coming out of inj lines 1&4 and no fuel from 2&3 inj lines (after cracking the lines). Fuel filter has less than 400 miles on it. clear filter is new and clean. Bubble free fuel was coming out of return from filter into cigar hose.

Is the IP chain or gear driven? The camshaft is turning so the chain did not snap. Vacuum is not necessary for starting only for shut off is that right? What should I try next? Never a dull moment when it comes to 25 yr old cars. Thanks!

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