1990 Honda Accord turns over and starts for less than a second, then dies?

[David L]

I have a 1990 Honda Accord EX Manual. The car turns over and starts but then dies within a second. I replaced the cap, rotor, wires and plugs with limited success. I was actually able to get it started and it idles for 5 minutes and ran up the street for about 100 yards, then it died again and would not start. I'm thinking it's a fuel issue but do fuel pumps work "sometimes"? Any other ideas? I'm too cheap to pay a mechanic...