Thanks AVB and CM, Sorry I have been a little slow getting back on to this. I thought I could service a water pump on an outboard motor in half a day, it took two days just to get the thing off. I figure AVB must have done a few things wrong in the past to diagnose that carburetor with the information that I supplied. I am claiming diminished responsibility however. As I know next to nothing about carburetors I started with a nice clean bench and laid out all of the pieces in the order that I had taken them off. Then substituted the new parts out of the kit when I put it back together. I overlooked the obvious that someone had been there before me and neglected to put the gasket back in. I just assumed that the kit was for multiple carbys and the spare pieces were related to them. Reassembled it and it started and ran very smooth, adjusted the mixture a little but it seemed about spot on as it was. Put the bar and chain back on and started on a large dry tuart block, it died under load but after leaning the high mixture in a little cut it up no trouble at all, surprisingly powerful for a small saw. Once again thanks to both of you for your assistance with this.
While I was checking the site for information I came across a couple of references to the Homelite saw, the first one someone was asking why his saw was cutting sideways, it is not likely that he has sharpened it unevenly (although that may be a small contributing factor) but that the bar is no longer level. I had the same problem that it cut at an angle to the depth of the bar and then pinched the bar so it would not cut any further. You can take your bar to most chainsaw service centers and they will grind it level for you. Mine had a chip out of it so I figured they would not do it. I made up a jig with a bit of sand paper stuck to a board and a right angle. It did not take very long as I get bored easily (probably a bit less then it would have taken to drive to the Stihl shop and back. It seems to have been much more successful then I had hoped with the saw cutting true. You can also turn your bar over.
The second item was about automatic oiling on this saw. I had just assumed from the way it is set up that it was a manual oiler, but my saw looks pretty similar to the one in the earlier article (which was a slightly younger saw). It is probably a moot question as the earlier article said it was not possible to get the parts any more, but I was wondering if any one could tell me from the pictures if this saw was likely to have an automatic oiler hidden away in there somewhere.
Again thanks to both of you.
If I can get a large enough hammer it will run for awhile just trying to get away from me
