Thanks for the input. On my other car with a Holly carb, it's no problem to fill the bowl through the vent with a little funnel. On the Carter (Eddy) carbs, there is no place to do that without pulling the top of the carb off.
I know the fix is to install an electric pump to "prime" the carb once it's been sitting. It just seems like the fuel evaporates so quickly that if the car isnt driven for a week, the accelerator pump has nothing to pump.
I mostly wanted to get your input on was if it was harmful on the cam to crank the engine until the motor fires.