Hello Im new to the forum. I've been a proud owner of an early 8n for a year now. I have a question for you folks that has been pestering me!! The tractor ran fine until I thought it was a good idea to turn off the fuel because the drain plug was slowly leaking. When I opened the fuel shutoff to start the tractor, a bunch of debris flowed through the sediment bowl and plugged the carb. I rebuilt the carb and installed a Napa clear inline fuel filter. My tractor has the fuel hose not the copper tubing. Got the fresh carb in and the tractor ran like a sowing machine!! However... after some time of running, the clear filter would fill with air. the tractor would never falter, but when I would turn off and try to restart, no go. Also I noticed a slow fuel seep in the center gasket and around one screw. thinking if fuel was weeping out, perhaps air was being drawn in creating a vapor lock. So... I pulled it apart and put some gasket sealant approved for gas on it. Well, it's sealed up good now. However the problem with the clear filter running dry still exists. Any advice would be greatly appreciated at this point!! Should I drain and clean the tank? (don't want to) Should I not be running the inline fuel filter? Should I take it back to the copper fuel line? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. thanks for the help!!