Dead Audi/Fuel Problem?

[On the Mark Consulting <otmc@bc1.com>]

I was driving merrily along on Saturday when my 84 5KS slowly lost power
until it was dead at the side of the road. My fuel level was low so I
assumed that it was out of gas. I hiked up to the gas station and added more
fuel to the car. When I tried starting it, it would catch and then die and
then stopped catching. I got the car home and started to try and track down
the problem. I tried to undo the banjo bolts on the fuel filter but could
not undo them. Does anyone have any advice or handy tricks for doing this? I
popped the cover off of the fuel tank above the sending unit to listen to
the fuel pump and heard nothing. Shouldn't I be able to hear something? I
have the process for removing the pump from the list archive, but it looks
like the retaining ring is corroded into place. Thank you in advance for the
help.
Mark Milotay, Principal
On the Mark Consulting
http://www.bc1.com/users/otmc