Stihl 028

[ZeroJunk]

They are a good old saw. First I ever rebuilt, with a Tecomec top end.
Run in to them from time to time in good shape and all most need for fire wood or clean up.

I keep an 026 because I like it better, and an MS261 because I like it much better.

 

[StihlMS360]

Still a few of the old 028`s hanging around,

Wow!
Those are some nice looking 028s!

 

[pioneerguy600]

I have really never ran out of them, I started with one I brought home from the dealer where I was working doing larger rebuilds for him, the 028 came in after the saw owners son stuck a screwdriver in through the exhaust port to block the piston while trying to remove the clutch, it had the piston broke in 3 places above the upper ring groove, the dealer gave the owner a quote, he did not want to pay that much and the saw sat in the shop over a year, owner finally showed up and did not want to pay for the diagnosis or storage charge but offered to sell it to me for $50. I bought it and replaced the P&C with an OEM Super set, ran that for a bit and the second one came along, soon there was many more and they still keep coming in, 6 of them found new owners and there is a bunch of them still on the shelves.

 

[StihlMS360]

I have really never ran out of them, I started with one I brought home from the dealer where I was working doing larger rebuilds for him, the 028 came in after the saw owners son stuck a screwdriver in through the exhaust port to block the piston while trying to remove the clutch, it had the piston broke in 3 places above the upper ring groove, the dealer gave the owner a quote, he did not want to pay that much and the saw sat in the shop over a year, owner finally showed up and did not want to pay for the diagnosis or storage charge but offered to sell it to me for $50. I bought it and replaced the P&C with an OEM Super set, ran that for a it and the second one came along, soon there was many more and they still keep coming in, 6 of them found new owners and there is a bunch of them still on the shelves.

Dang... that's a lot of 028s... sounds like your set with them for awhile.

 

[Marley5]

Still a few of the old 028`s hanging around,

My lawd, has it ever been in wood ?
What a gem

 

[Mad Professor]

If you need to do seals I believe the 028 gasket set is NLA.

But they are same as BR400 blower, and the gasket set for the blower is cheaper than buying seals.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Dang... that's a lot of 028s... sounds like your set with them for awhile.

The 028 and 026 were so popular around here that many came my way needing some repair, luckily most got repaired and sent out but for one reason or another a few stayed here each year, the numbers of them build up, some of them had only one or two tanks of fuel through them, then put away with fuel still in the tank left for 5 -10 years then brought back out and will not start. That is when I get to see them, saw won`t start and fuel stinking the high heaven, rotted out fuel lines and carb diaphragms destroyed, easy fixes for me, but not all customers want to spend the funds fixing an old saw, easier to buy a plastic fantastic from Wally World type big box stores. I have often been gifted beautiful looking saws just because I work on them. I was given an 041 that a surgeon had bought new along with the Stihl case, spare chain and tool kit, never used as he felt the chainsaw was not safe to use, after his death his wife gave it to me just because I owned and worked on Stihl saws. I still have it and it has never been started but once at the original sales dealership, always stored in its case in a heated basement closet.

 

[pioneerguy600]

My lawd, has it ever been in wood ?
What a gem

No, as far as I know it never seen wood just like the 041 that came my way, bought but never used.

 

[StihlMS360]

The 028 and 026 were so popular around here that many came my way needing some repair, luckily most got repaired and sent out but for one reason or another a few stayed here each year, the numbers of them build up, some of them had only one or two tanks of fuel through them, then put away with fuel still in the tank left for 5 -10 years then brought back out and will not start. That is when I get to see them, saw won`t start and fuel stinking the high heaven, rotted out fuel lines and carb diaphragms destroyed, easy fixes for me, but not all customers want to spend the funds fixing an old saw, easier to buy a plastic fantastic from Wally World type big box stores. I have often been gifted beautiful looking saws just because I work on them. I was given an 041 that a surgeon had bought new along with the Stihl case, spare chain and tool kit, never used as he felt the chainsaw was not safe to use, after his death his wife gave it to me just because I owned and worked on Stihl saws. I still have it and it has never been started but once at the original sales dealership, always stored in its case in a heated basement closet.

That's a pretty cool story on the 041. The one I use has been used pretty heavily.
I've been given some really nice, hardly used tools before, too. And every time I get one or always makes me wonder, why did the original owner by it to begin with?

 

[pioneerguy600]

That's a pretty cool story on the 041. The one I use has been used pretty heavily.
I've been given some really nice, hardly used tools before, too. And every time I get one or always makes me wonder, why did the original owner by it to begin with?

Possibly an impulse buy, then feeling it is an unsafe tool to use in a few of my encounters, I have also been gifted vintage chainsaws that seen little to no use, almost in NOS condition. They were just taking up space and not being used.I have so many good running work saws that the really nice examples do not get run, its hard enough rotating out more than 45 work saws, the shelf queens can jut sit pretty.

 

[Sidecarflip]

Not many with the optional heated handle like mine and the poster from Europe has however.... Do have a somewhat curious question... The wrap handle on mine has always been bare, that is there is no rubber covering on it, never had one. Was that an option or did Stihl just forget to put one on my 028? Mine is just black painted.

 

[StihlMS360]

Not many with the optional heated handle like mine and the poster from Europe has however.... Do have a somewhat curious question... The wrap handle on mine has always been bare, that is there is no rubber covering on it, never had one. Was that an option or did Stihl just forget to put one on my 028? Mine is just black painted.

Well, I'm no Stihl chain saw expert, but if I had to guess, I'd say it was a factory mistake.
I've seen misprinted serial plates, model tags, different colored hardware, etc., the factories do make mistakes.