Tuff to Start

^^^^ I almost mentioned this. "In a previous life" I had a Mopar small block in my beat up old Landcruiser. In it's later part of it's life, it was pretty much a "sometime" rig and snowplow, and would sit for weeks, months. Heck, I'd turn the key, let the pump run for 5 seconds and that thing would crank right up.

Since I have a Eddie carb the empty fuel bowl problem was even worse than with a stock carb.
Eddies don't hold a lot of fuel, and it can go away pretty fast, especially in hot weather.