[T3] Another car won't start problem

[Elroyyy@aol.com]

The archives had me checking more than a few other things up to and including 
running the Muir VOM procedure for checking the ECU. Everything is normal 
except that the car won't start.

I have a FI, MT, 73 Squareback who's engine I had recently rebuilt. She ran 
fine for about 200 miles and one night, in mid-flight, she died and would not 
run. It was as if she'd been shut off; all indicator/idiot lights came on as if 
the key were inserted and turned ON.

I had her towed home and have had no luck whatsoever. I got tired of checking 
hunches so I started at the beginning.

I adjusted the valves but #2 exhaust and #4 intake have no clearance. That is 
to say I can't get a feeler gauge between the rocker and valve stem. I set 
the points and timing; cleaned the trigger points with a piece of paper; made 
sure I had spark at the coil and plugs; checked to make sure I had fuel at the 
injectors and still, the battery cranks over and over but she will not start.

The valve issue has me more than a little concerned to say the least, but the 
one thing that has been driving me up the wall is this:

When the key is turned ON the fuel pump relay and main relay are supposed to 
click at the same time, the fuel pump is supposed to whir for ~1 sec and then 
the fuel pump relay is supposed to click again. But my pump just keeps 
running, without the second click of the pump relay. I tried another, working relay 
without any change. One post in the archives pointed me to the Bentley manual 
and I tried swapping the red and the red/white wires on the starter. It didn't 
do anything. This tells me that the pump relay has been wired incorrectly, but 
the car ran for 200 miles like that.

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