Well I changed out both filters...
The car would'nt start.

Staring at a can of diesel purge I thought "if I run out of this can and the car does'nt start it will rull out the fuel tank screen.
The car started right up.

I then drove it for about a half mile and it died as I was driving it.
I pulled over and tried to hand prime the fuel system...to no avail.

Then I realized what the problem was: I was simply out of fuel!!!
Luckily I was next to a coworkers house and he brought me fuel (we run heavy equipment ...so we all carry 100gals of diesel on our worktrucks).

In the end: My fuel gauge is broken hahahaha!!

Car runs great though now with new filters and a fresh purge.

Thanks for all the help guys.

I'm happy it's something so simple.

Can anyone point me to a good walkthough of replacing/cleaning the float for the fuel gauge?