New to me Homelite C-7 wont stay running.

[Jredsjeep]

To give a little history on the saw. I picked the saw up at a local Carlisle car show were i saw it sitting in with 3-4 polands. I asked how much he wanted for it since it is a good sized saw and i love the looks of older saws. He saws 20$ I ask does it run? he says probubly not, but i couldent resist and came home with it. i left the polands even though he tried hard to move them to.
http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/s...otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/s...otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
Upon cheching it out it had a hot blue spark and 145 compression, i started thinking hey this might work afterall. i did discover the tank was gummed up with about an inch of crud and varnish. It was great to be able to take the tank apart and scrape/dremel it all out, so the lines are now clear and free flowing from the tank. I also looked over the carb, it looks new and is clean inside and out as far as i can tell. so i give it a try..........
http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/s...otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
Well i can get it to fire off but it wont rev up and sounds like it is starving. i fiddled with the fuel screws but they dont seem to give consistant results. i got it to run and dialed it in some and ran it through some wood for a few minuts but then i would have to start fluttering the throttle to keep it going and it eventually died. then......back to its former self with me pulling and pulling and it dies.

I am not sure where to go from here, can i test the crank seals, are there hidden passages in the tillitson carb, why do the ones we love always hurt us the most. I was digging the saw when it ran:greenchainsaw: I want it back!

 

[Jredsjeep]

shoot looks like i didnt embed the pics right i will try to fix them.

 

[watsonr]

At the minimum it needs a carb kit due to hardened diaphrams inside the carb. I'd do the fuel line and filter also to give it a fresh start.

 

[Farm_Boy_61]

Another thing I might would do is go ahead and change the condensor if you can find one. My C-5 ran for a while and then one day just stopped. Changed the condensor and she fired right up. Condensors are like shear pins on bush hogs, they go first to not hurt anything else usually.