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86 240 Wagon suddenly won't run without pumping gas 200 1986

Hi all! My 240 wagon worked fine earlier today and in fact just made two back to back trips to Oklahoma and did great. This afternoon I tried to start it and couldn't keep it running without pumping the gas hard and fast. It will fire right off but only run for a second or two unless I pump it. When I pump it, it runs extremely rough. It feels almost like it is out of gas but it's not(half tank). So I'm figuring either ignition or fuel feed problem. At times, I can get it to run at a pretty high RPM if I find the exact spot on the peddle, but not for long. I jumpered #4 and #6 fuse and can hear the pump running but still no fix. I thought "filter" but the high RPMs seem to rule that out. All fuses check out and there were no symptoms before. Recently (before long road trip) put new dist cap, rotor, spark wires, plugs, air filter, etc. Any ideas? This has been an awesome car till now and I don't like wanting to shoot it! Thanks!

Evan






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