follow fuel line going into diesel pump and you will see for want of better words a black rubber shaped lemon fitted into fuel line.
squeeze this by hand and you will feel it build some resistance .
as you crank the engine contiue to pump the rubber lemon
and it will help pump fuel /dispell air in the fuel line .
it this does not work after a few tries problem lies elsewhere.
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