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I think it's just that the engine is so high above the fuel tank, and there is a lot of feet of fuel line from the tank to the engine. Most diesel engines that don't have an electric fuel pump are hard to start if you get air in them... I don't think the Detroit is worse than any other would be...

I think you will find it very difficult, if not impossible, to get the engine started without a priming pump of some sort. Wreckerman's experience with HEMTTs was that they pressurized the fuel tank to bleed the air out.... and with the filter-separator open, air is probably all the way up to...