Thanks, I guess I need to keep cranking it then.. Have kept the hard lines sealed, so mainly concerned about the pump. total time cranking so far has been about 4 or so minutes..

I thought you were concerned about the Dirt migrationg to the Injectors.

Air trapped in the Fuel Injection Hard Line compresses and only moves a little on down the line. That is bad enough on the 617s. On the later Engines with Fuel Injection Hard Lines about 3 times as long it is even wores.
If you loosen the Hard Line Nuts at the Injectors the Air has a way to escape more quickly.

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Dirt migrating is the concern, my thoughts were if the lines were unbroken at the injectors, the lines would retain the fuel, kinda like a straw in a glass when the top of the straw is held, no liquid comes out. Then once the pump was bled, I would connect the lines and be okay. what do you think?