Replace or rebuild the regulator. If you have to press the primer button you are not delivering fuel to the mixer in enough quantity to run. There could also be a problem with the mixer. The port on the regulator is a balance port. If I remember correctly it would be connected to the air hose going to the mixer after the air filter. Many trucks just have a brass screen over the port.
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