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Jay
So where are you at with this engine? I kinda wish you didn’t "rebuild" that fuel pump, that is a very trick operation that usually renders the fuel pump inoperative. Worse yet, the fuel pump could leak into the number one crankcase flooding that cylinder. But, on the other hand, most guys can see, and aren’t as uncoordinated as myself, so hopefully you got the pump back together OK.
Your post mentioned that fuel would not flow through the fuel pump, is this correct? This seems like an unusual situation, unless the filter screen was plugged up. Does fuel flow through the pump now?
And yes, I am thinking the ignition is "OK" if the engine will run briefly when primed with starting fluid. But, does it sound like it is running OK, on both cylinders during its brief run?
Let us know….D