Well, folks, I knew it had to happen sometime and with all the tree cuttin' from "the bomb" we had last month my ol' friend has give up the fight and no longer has sufficient compression to even start... Sniff... I loved that saw... Bought it in 1982 and have used the heck out of it...

I priced a cylinder/piston assembly for it and it's $175 but then I looked at the sprocket and other parts and figured that if I did put a new cylinder/piston assembly in it that as I tore it down I'd find other worn out stuff so...

...as much as I hate to do it I've bought a new Stihl MS 250 which is as close to the 028 that is available but it just doesn't feel the same... Makes me feel like I'm cheatin' on the 028... I'm sure I'll learn to love this one, too, but it will never be quite the same...

Sniff

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