So I picked up this truck not running for a cheap enough price that it would be worth adding as a plow truck for this season. So far this season sucked here in NY. Only 1 storm so far. First truck ran fine, this one... never got it off the ground. Here is the background:
85 F250 with 122K original miles
351Windsor with 2bbl carb
Solenoid was replaced and wired incorrectly
Rewired solenoid and replaced plugs/wires and it fired up.
Didnt realize there was basically no gas in the tank, after driving up and down the block twice, it stalled out in the driveway. Tank was bone dry.

Added 5 gals of fuel, replaced fuel filter, nothing happened. Dead. Cranks forever.

Carb was not getting fuel, replaced the mechanical fuel pump.
Carb is getting fuel, now not getting spark.
Replaced the ignition coil, no spark.
Replaced the electronic ignition module, now getting spark.
Still wont start the damn truck

Everything listed here has now been replaced:
Battery
Alternator
solenoid
spark plugs
spark plug wires
ignition coil
electronic ignition module
fuel tank
fuel filter
fuel lines
fuel pump

Any thoughts? Cranks with no hesitation but just will not fire up. Driving me nuts being this thing needed almost no work to get running and now im doing everything I can think of and dumping lots of additional money into a truck that just wants to fight me. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Justin

 

What position is the choke butterfly in? If it's completely closed(assuming automatic choke) I would block it open with a larger screwdriver handle or something large enough so it can't be sucked in. Otherwise I would spray about a 3 second shot of starting fluid in the carburetor and see what kind of response you get.