I owe everyone that took the time to read this post an apology. I was able to get back to the tractor yesterday. It is in the middle of a field and when i checked it, it was almost dark. This time I got to it in the daylight. The rack is in fact moving fine. After checking several things I discovered that the tractor will start if I put the fuel petcock on prime. Im not sure if that just purges the air from the system or exactly how it works but it does seem to make the tractor start consistently. I pulled the fuel inlet line from the lift pump and had good flow from the tank and when I pulled the line coming from the lift pump I also had fuel flow. I was thinking that this was strange and it should only flow from there when I crank it.