cut it off and absolutely refuses to restart,until.... (long)

The air and fuel filters are about two weeks old, and playing with the wires on the air meter doesn't seem to affect anything. Once I started it back up, I hooked the air induction back up and it seems fine. It only smoked for about two seconds after I finally got it to start. I'll get some codes and get back with you guys. I have one other question though. From your experiences, when a factory fuel pump starts to go bad, does it just die, or does it sometimes show warning signs before it completely goes?
Thanks for your help.
Dave




[This message has been edited by D&R Stang (edited 08-14-2001).]