"So it would start and run repeatedly without a good in-tank pump? The hard initial start was just the new (old) main priming the system?"
Yes - after some cranking the main pump would run the car seemingly fine although it would sometimes take a little more cranking to turn it over.
I drove it around the city here and there on this condition while waiting for my in-tank pump to arrive from FCP - probably not a good idea due to potentially wearing out my new (old) main pump faster. I'm definitely gonna have to watch for premature failure of my newly installed pumps. But I am back on the road now. We'll see how long it lasts!
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Bad Blue - '86 245 with 303,000 mi. (now for parts), Good Green 1990 245 with 178,000 mi., Blacky - '91 740 wagon with 180,000 mi., Mean Green - '94 850 with 222,000
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