I meant the steel canister that holds the filter can get rust holes in it.
And while you COULD try to start it without a filter in the canister, I wouldn't.
Nothing to be gained, and might lead to rust and debris getting to the fuel pump and beyond.
My suggestion is to disconnect the line that comes from the filter to the fuel pump, then stick a blowgun into the tank fill tube and wrap a rag around the blowgun and wad it up over the tube and hold it tight with your hand while giving a REASONABLE puff of air from the blow gun.
It shouldn't take much to flow fuel out of the the disconnected line.
That will prove that the lines are open, and you can also look at the fuel lines and the filter canister for any wet spots that would indicate pinholes/leaks.
If you get fuel that far, next thing would be to connect the pump inlet line back up, take off the outlet line and see if the pump pumps fuel during cranking.
Also, I believe it was mentioned that there's more than one tank and a fuel valve, sure wouldn't be the first time one of those floor-mounted valves got kicked to a different position (or halfway there), or somebody monkeyed with it.
If there IS a fuel valve in the floorboards, there's several hoses to plumb it in, and they are well above the level of gasoline in the tank and can dry out and crack, allowing air to enter so the pump can't suck fuel.
Do some checking, and think this out logically, there's no reason to just start blindly throwing parts at it.
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