Hooray! Well gentlemen I think we're on our way. After priming the hand pump, getting the leather wet I could feel that it was creating a vacuum. After about 10 pumps I started to get water. I hooked on a 5 gal pail, pumped in about 3-4 gals. Then I opened up the ball valve, I could hear the water running back down the pipe, closed the valve, dumped the bucket, and started over again. I never had to re prime the pump, but it did take 5-6 pumps to get water again. I did this for about 1 1/2 hrs., maybe 40 times. The water never did come clear. It got less cloudy. I set up a pump and ran it for about 3 hrs. It came clear after just a few min. of pumping. Then I set up the jet and it was a little rough at the start but soon it built pressure and I bleed off the pressure using a garden hose for a while as I cleaned up. IT ran nice and clear shortly after I started the jet pump. It now takes about 2.5 min to go from 30# t0 50#. The old one was at least 10 min.
I'm going back tomorrow to chlorinate the well and close up the hole.
I can't thank you guys enough for all your help and patience. I hope other novices will read this thread and benefit from my project.
Jeff