[InUrHead]

Wow, everything's coming down on me at once now. Internet is down at home and the car is still parked at the curb. After replacing everything I can think of in the ignition system I'm at a loss. I looked down into the block where the distributor goes in, and there's a round (about 2 inches) piece of metal, flat on top, around the oil pump shaft that appears to be broken. It a fairly large piece that seems to be missing and I'm wondering if this could be why it's not starting. I'm also begining to question whether it's getting fuel. I was told there's a schrader valve on the fuel rail that if I pressed it, fuel should come out, but I 've spent quite a while looking and no luck finding it. Neither can I find the fuel pump relay(?) that Haynes said would be near the latch mechanism for the hatch. This is becoming more than frustrating and costly, so if anyone could help I'd appreciate it greatly.