Maybe I just live a charmed life.
When I went to fire up my 216 which had been dormant for years in my garage, it fired right up with a rebuilt fuel pump (Then and Now Automotive kit), and rebuilt Carter YF (kit from carbking.) I never even had to prime anything, just cranked it over after putting 5 gallons of gas in the new tank. I did have to clean up the oil mess when the plastic cap over the oil filter return line fitting popped off. I didn't expect that there'd be that much pressure there to dislodge it.
