dropped into the local stihl shop today as its on my way home, they had the gasket kit on the shelf, so I grabbed it and a new NGK spark plug while I was at it.

Fitted the gaskets and diaphragms with a new tank of fuel and I could see with the first pull after it was all back together that fuel was sucked straight up the fuel hose and it started on the next pull.

Ran through the tuning methods from a previous post and got it running pretty well. Thanks for the tips guys, seems like the gaskets and diaphragms were the main problem.

Cheers
Sam