Did a search and found lots of info on the primer pump.

Car sitting for over a year...

Mine appears to be dry. As soon as I unscrewed it and pulled it back there was fuel already in the pump. I started pumping and it feels like it's pumping up but the outside of the pump plunger/shaft/cylinder thing is wet with fuel.

From all the posts I've read, these things should not leak at all or air gets into the system.

Am I to understand that when you pull the pump plunger back it should be bone dry all the time?

Or is the presence of fuel on the plunger shaft ok as long as the primer pump does not leak fuel when it is screwed down/in or squirt/spray fuel when the plunger is pushed in?