Ok I have been through the fuel pump 3 times. 1st time thought I messed up. Ordered another kit. Went through it again. Everything looks good. When running she is spitting back through the carb hard and then eventually goes dead. Pulled the reeds out and found no problems there. Reading in Clymer I checked fuel pump operation according to the instructions. Pump the bulb and when I pump the bulb fuel spurts out in volume the size of the hose. When I spin the engine with the kill switch on so it dont start though I dont get any fuel. If I understand Clymer right this can possibly be caused by compression issues in the #2 cylinder or possible #3. I ordered a compression tester but will be about a week before I get it. I did hole my finger over that little hole on the port plate and had the old lady spin her over and not a lot of compression came through the little hole but some did. Dont know how much I should feel. Seems like I felt more from the hose that goes on the outside of the fuel pump. Anybody have any ideas? Hope I explained this where it is understandable. I have owned this boat since new in 94 and never had much trouble with it but let it setup for about 5 years. We got it running this year and took it to the lake and the water pump was not pump good at idle and it was idling really rough. Got her hot twice but shut it down as soon as the alarm came on. Brought it home put a new impellor in the water pump and fired it. Water pump ok now but idle was still rough. Decided after 17 years to rebuild the fuel pump after a lot of reading and 2 weeks later here I am. This hard spitting started after rebuilding the fuel pump. I have went through that thing a lot side beside with the prints, its not that complicated and feel comfortable that it is right but not sure. Debating buying a used pump off ebay and throwing it on there just to try something else. Compression test next weekend is my next stepping stone I guess. One item I left out I did have to make a gasket for the port plate on #2 cylinder it looked like one of my mechanics in the past had used some type gasket silicone or something on it and it was shot so I bought some gasket material and cut a gasket and repaired that. Anybody have any other ideas or am I heading in the right direction thinking check compression?