A working starter, good spark all we need is gas. After learning the hard way about fuses and a little before hand research I download the hold 5000 page reference from this site. A truly warm thank you "Hacra, J_C, murkinstock, Littlefoott69", I was able to ID the wiring for the fuel pump and unplug the large connector and supply 12 vdc. I could see the motor wiring with my DVM but the pump would not start. So I did something a little reckless and just reverse the polarity of the 12 vdc supply(reversed the + and - leads) just for a few brushes of the leads. One of the other boys said he thought he heard the pump start. So we reconnected the proper polarity. One of the boys I had told to watch the end of the fuel line, that was suppose to be attached on the rail, for a small drizzle. I hoped we could get enough flow to move the truck into the shade. Bang! gas flew everywhere from where I had the fuel line off the rail. The line was quickly replaced and at least two and a half year old gas started the motor but I would not say it would have every took to an idle. We used the fuel pump to empty the tank into two and about a 1/3 old 5 gal. paint buckets with the help of an old ham power supply. This in it's self is a time consuming task. With the waiting not to overheat the pump. The plan is to replace the pump as soon a time permits. We got the Delco pump from Advanced Auto. It and a filter was about $98.00 and in stock. The plan is to drop the tank and not cut a hole. Although I am open to cutting a hole if someone can show me how it can done well.
Don't ever underestimate the engineering prowess of the human mind. We did not have a gas can with any gas. This is in the country and the closest station is only 2 miles away. But three adult male minds decided to engineer a fix for no gas in a can. That was the first mistake. The second was finding the gas in the lawn mower. It was soon decided to fill a coke bottle with a short piece of fuel line through a hole in the top that would serve as a "fuel injector" in to the VIL breather pipe to the air filter. This would allow the engine to run long enough to get the truck to the shade and near the shop. It was soon also decided that the youngest would sit on the motor and squeeze the home made "fuel injector"(the 2 older of us boys knew better). It must have been quite a site. As the truck leaped forward and then slamming on the brakes. The young boy holding on for dear life as reflex shot another shot of fuel and it leaped forward again. Man I wish I had shot some film. After a beer or two we just pulled the truck in place with a chevy truck. The shear power of the human male brain is just astounding. Next "Yes dear it does have Park"