After sitting overnight, my stock sammy is really hard to start. It takes excessive cranking, as if all the fuel in the line drained back into the tank. SO, yesterday I installed a one way check valve in the fuel line just before it goes into the fuel pump. I thought for sure this would fix the problem but after sitting overnight it still required excessive cranking to get it started.
Any thoughts or suggestions to help me with this problem?

Stock Samurai has a carb, fuel in the line, or lack thereof should not prevent it from starting, as there should be enough fuel in the float bowl to run for maybe a minute or so - on the front of the carb there should be two plugs that allow you to reach the main jets, make sure the fuel isn't leaking there.

Stock Samurai has a carb, fuel in the line, or lack thereof should not prevent it from starting, as there should be enough fuel in the float bowl to run for maybe a minute or so - on the front of the carb there should be two plugs that allow you to reach the main jets, make sure the fuel isn't leaking there.

Thank you Fordem. And if the fuel is leaking there what can I do?

Is that a serious question?  Obviously, if there's a leak, then you need to find out why it's leaking & fix it.  If you need to ask how to fix it, maybe you should not be doing the job yourself.

The two plugs I mentioned are threaded, they can be unscrewed and removed, you remove them if you need to remove the jets - they might be leaking because they are loose, they might be leaking because the gasket (it looks like a metal washer) behind them is damaged - you need to look at them and figure out, based on what you see, IF they are leaking, WHY they are leaking, and WHAT needs to be done to fix the leak - if this is not within your skill set, you need to find someone to do it for you.

Is that a serious question?  Obviously, if there's a leak, then you need to find out why it's leaking & fix it.  If you need to ask how to fix it, maybe you should not be doing the job yourself.

The two plugs I mentioned are threaded, they can be unscrewed and removed, you remove them if you need to remove the jets - they might be leaking because they are loose, they might be leaking because the gasket (it looks like a metal washer) behind them is damaged - you need to look at them and figure out, based on what you see, IF they are leaking, WHY they are leaking, and WHAT needs to be done to fix the leak - if this is not within your skill set, you need to find someone to do it for you.

Yes, serious question. I'm trying to figure out if it's time for a Weber.

Let me put it this way.

Installing a weber is going to be a lot more work, and a lot more expensive than taking a socket and tightening a brass plug by 1/8 turn.