f 14 HELP

friend just got a f 14, need a crash course ON how to help him start it in the AM. I think it may be ELE start , not sure

Does it have a belt pulley? Does he have a tractor that runs that has a belt pulley? If the answer is yes to both questions, I suggest using a flat belt with a twist in it to turn over the "new" f-14.
Even if it does have an electric start, this is an easier way to start it for the first time.
If it doesn't start right away, you can stand by the engine and make "adjustments" until it does.

would need belt and another tractor ect . next option

First make sure it has a good hot spark. Set the timing lever just off the kill position as that will be retarded. If the gas is old, get rid of it & put in fresh. I squirt some in the carb before cranking to get them to fire up. If it has been a while, pull the plugs & oil the pistons too. I redid 2 F 12's & both started with the crank.

My suggestion is to use a "chain starter". It'll work every time. Just connect a log chain between the front of the F-14 and the rear of a 4WD pickup, put someone reliable behind its wheel, and have them put it in low range, low gear. Agree on go & stop signs. Then climb on the '14, put it in 3rd gear, make sure the mag is not grounded, make sure the gas is on, set the throttle at 1/3, put the clutch in, give the driver the go sign and after the '14 starts to move, let the clutch out. When it starts (usually in about 50 feet or less), Put in the clutch, and give the driver the stop sign. Unhook and don't let it kill until you want to shut it off or you will get to repeat the above described process. (BTW, this process works with my '12, every time I want to use it.) I've been told that even with every thing in perfect order, the '12's & '14's are the hardest crank starting tractors IH ever built. I believe it, I don't think I've started my '12 with the crank more than a dozen times in the 10 or so years that I've owned it. Now I try three to five pulls on the crank before I resorted to a chain starter. (My $0.02 worth. jal-SD)

IF you have to hand crank it, make sure the mag is retarded befoe attempting to pull the crank. My hand crank procedure: Turn on gas, set mag to just off of "off", check that its in neutral, set throttle to a little under half, push in choke lever, pull up on crank twice, no spinning over, pull chke lever back out, pull up on crank and hope it starts on the first couple of pulls, Go back inside and have a cup of coffee, COke, or whatever your [pleasure, go back out and repeat! Nah, mine useto do that, but it 95% of the time starts on the second pull, no choke. These are easy to flood! If it does have a starter, it will be much easier. Ive only seen one 14 aroundhere with a starter, and that was at the Bellwood show about 10 or 12 years ago.

You sure don't have something right. Mine start in just a couple pulls. If they haven't been running for a while, I squirt gas in the carb first. Sounds like you have to let the fuel pump get the carb full before it fires up.