electric fuel pump.

[Jason_Wood@inc.com]

     My MGB won't start and I've been working on it alone (no one to turn 
     the key while I'm in the trunk), so I have a couple of quick 
     questions:
     
     Should the fuel pump work with the key in the "on" position but with 
     the engine not running?
     
     --or--
     
     Does turning the key to "start" send more electricity to the fuel pump 
     to get it cranking?
     
     --or both?
     
     Thanks in advance,
     
     Jason Wood
     77 B (smoked some wires under the dash, too)