OK hopefuly it is narrowed down. No more ether! I know it wasnt good, but desperate times. Now what is this stop valve you speak of? I put the filer on dry as I didnt have any clean diesel laying around, that might have been my problem but after priming it I unscrewed it and fuel started flowing out as soon as the bolt was loose so I figured it was full. Unfortuneately I gotta go to work now (50 miles in my dads gas guzzler truck for the past few days, OUCH) but hopefully Ill get to the bottom of this when I get home.