Well I just tried to prime the IP but I only got fuel out of number 1, I tightened everything down and the engine sounds like one cylinder is trying to fire and I can smell diesel in the exhaust and there's a little white smoke also. It feels like I'm getting close to getting it started finally. I think it should be running by now, its getting air, some fuel, compression, just no ignition.
Crack the drivers lines again and keep purging.
You have to get it to kick and catch.
Keep those batteries charged up.
Make sure your glow plugs are working properly also. White smoke on start that eventually goes away is usually a glow plug issue. The white smoke is actually raw, unburnt diesel.
Is it cold where you are right now? If it's got a block heater, plug that in too. Get some heat in that block and see what it does.
I've started cold diesels before by sticking a hair dryer down the intake to warm the air charge. Sometimes it's just that little bit extra to get 'er to kick off. It's all about heat in the cylinder for autoignition.
DO NOT use starter fluid whatever you do. 6.5's do not respond well to it. You can bend rods and crack pistons....I have used a little squirt of WD 40 in really hard to start engines. Still, not recommended.
Once you get it spinning close to idle speed that IP will be spinning fast enough to clear the lines quicker, even with the injectors hooked up. You're doing it at cranking speed which takes
forever. Idle speed is only about 8 MM^3 of fuel per injection. That's at roughly 650 RPM. You're trying to do it at cranking speed. That's a lot of revolutions required to purge the line and the injector at 8 mm^3 or less per injection event.....
If it still won't start, we can look at possible air leaks in the lines. Easy way to check is to replace the return line on the top of the IP with clear tube and watch for bubbles. But you'll have lots of that right now anyways since you're purging lines...
