Have you tried jump starting it with a 12 volt battery?  Many of the current 6 volts that will fit in your battery tray simply do not have enough power to crank the engine fast enough and have reserve for ignition as Ted stated. 

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

I was just going to suggest what John suggested. When I was a kid on the farm in the '50s a lot of the oldtimers used 12 volt batteries to start their tractors in the winter to get extra cranking power. By the time I was old enough 6v were long gone for the most part so I have never tried it myself. Make sure you have the grounding correct if you try this.

Mark

1956 Mercury M100
1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan
Delta, British Columbia

as im lookin at it right now i think the timing is ok but further inspection revieled that the fuel pump isent sending the gas. iv pulled it out and pumped it by hand and it sounds like it works but like i said its not pumping in the car. was gonna test it out but the glass bulb on the bottom fell and broke as i tried to put it back on. so intill i either replace the bulb or the pump itself wont know if itll start yet

A Ford "FE" engine fuel pump will work on your 272 - 352/390/406/427/428 and so on...doesn't have to be for a 272/292/312. If you get the one off a Ford 360/390 truck motor with the steel canister filter on the bottom - you won't be breaking the glass again soon.

Someone above gave some advice about having your buddy give her a shot of (diesel) starting ether while cranking. That will usually prove if she's making fire or not...

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

if i hoked up a 12 volt battery to ir wouldnt i risk blowing some fuses? sense everything is still 6v

Don't turn on any of the accessories and you'll be OK.  Leaving the 6 volt wired in and jumping + to + and - to - with the twelve volt, the 6 volt will act as a buffer for your starter solenoid and ignition.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

alright so i put the new fuel pump on and now im getting fuel. im getting puffs of smoke like its igniteing but still no turn over. tryed to adjust distrubior still no go. any ideas?

bigfoot5,

Static time you dizzy by aligning the timing mark on your harmonic balancer with the timing mark. Anywhere on the 0-10deg will be fine, ensure that you rotor aligns with the dot on the dizzy (cyl 1) this will do for inital timming.

Then if it won't fire check your voltage at the coil whilst turning the engine over with starter. If it's low run a wire from the battery directly to the coil.

As long as the fuel is good and it's getting to your cylinders it should fire.

cheers

Warren

Grizzly (Aussie Mainline)

Does anyone have the wiring diagram on how the plugs are sopposed to be hooked up to the distrubitor? could possibly help?

Bigfoot5,

Your firing order and your cylinder numbers are generally cast on your manifold. Start with 1 which is the marked lead on your Dizzy and number one is on your left standing in front of the car looking at the engine the closest cylinder.

a link to how it works. http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Topic69022-3-1.aspx?Highlight=firing+order

Cheers

Warren

Grizzly (Aussie Mainline)