Yeah I read your post. That’s the pits. The good news is the junkyard is full of pumps. They are pretty robust. Just pull one and toss it in.

ETA - bugs crawled in your lift pump? I kind of recall the car pushes fuel through the filter using the lift pump. Maybe my recollection is wrong. I thought there was a filter between the lift pump and IP. Need to check the diagrams

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