Case 450 fuel woes thanks for earlier help...

Let me tell you what I did. And also what happened. I rigged up a temporary fuel tank. It is a 2 gal. plastic paint bucket. I secured it to the top of the ROPS cage. I disconnected the fuel line into the primary filter and plumbed in the temp. fuel line to the line into the primary filter. When I opened the bleed screw on top of the secondary filter fuel shot out of it like a squirt gun. That was exciting. No doubt the rig was getting fuel now... -BUT- It would not start. Even with the either.

It had started and ran for about 30 seconds just 2 weeks earlier. The last it ran I kept it going with either after it became fuel starved. Someone told me that you can wash the cylinder walls free of oil when running on either only. Which is probably what I did. He said that
when that happens you'll lose compression and the engine won't start at all. The way it was explained it made sense. Now what step would I take if that is the case? The same guy said you could spray a little bit of oil into the breather element and when the engine turned over it would recoat the cylinder walls.

I'll have some time this coming weekend to work on it some more. Sure would rather be finishing our fence line project... ALSO: It was mentioned to me in an earlier post that the fuel tank vent could be blocked. I can't seem to find a fuel tank vent anywhere on it. I have tried starting it with the cap off the tank too. If it runs with the 2 gal. temp. tank then I'll work my way back through the system until I find the problem. Don't have the $ for a mechanic, and sure could use some more advice on this one. Much Obliged- Mike