So its come down to this!

if you unhook the fuel line at your filter and hold it up you can dump gas down the line and it will fill the float bowls. soon as the engine fires it will get the pump going and you will be good to go. oh and i leave the rad cap off and top off the water as it runs. it will burp alot of air out. i like to run them with no thermostat for break in too. it keeps air pockets from staying in the engine before the therm. opens.