My first saw was an 029 that I bought used in a pawn shop. Cut a couple thousand metric crap-tons of firewood with that saw. Started to get a little low on power, so re-ringed it and cut several more crap tons with it. Bought a 290 about the time I re-ringed the 029. Have cut quite a bit with it as well, but it was never as easy to start and doesn’t like to stay tuned. Gave the 029 to a friend in need of a good saw, should sell the 290…with 13 other saws to choose from, it hasn’t been run in years. Both good firewood saws though and a muffler mod really wakes them up.
I was just browsing FBM and happened upon this 028. Did you remove the handle wrap Jdu94 Log into Facebook
Well the 028 had a junk carb and some bad fuel lines. The guy that sold it to me wouldnt answer of course so I had a shop go through it. On the plus side while I was there they had a 360 pro they just rebuilt for a good deal. I talked them down a little bit and had them throw in a spare new chain. Gonna have a saw cleanup and sharpening day in the garage tomorrow.
Just do the standard things clean air filter check plug use new gas adjust idle some.check chain tension may be draging if engaged.
Did some shop clean up today and used some cheap Amazon saw hangers, came out prettygood, might raise them a touch to miss the lid on the ridgid box
I finally had enough of the 028 and called it a loss, put it on ebay as a parts saw. On a better note I got a call from a buddy wanting to get rid of some old not running saws. I got a pretty clean ms250, an 026 pro, and a rough husky 55 for $100. A pull cord and carb later, the ms250 is alive! I got the 026 to fire for a second but wouldnt stay running so im having that gone through. The 55 is low compression so that hit ebay as a parts saw as well. Depending on the condition of the 026, ill be keeping that and selling the ms250 to my nephew who just started burning wood.
I test cut some maple with the ms250 just to make sure it was a good runner, I like this little saw a lot! I plan on keeping the 026 pro depending on how much that'll be to bring it back to life.
You did well to go from 028 to 026. Any or all of the saws would be great projects for you to learn chainsaw repair. Even free saws are rarely worth fixing if you need to hire the repair work.
I bought the 028 as a spare "running" saw. I got burned on a marketplace deal and the guy blocked me right after. It ran but not under load. I took it in to a shop for a diagnosis and decided not to put any more money into it since I was already at a loss. I got the 026, ms250 and a husky 55 all not running from a buddy for cheap. The 028 and the 55 are both on ebay as parts/not working saws. Long expensive road to get a spare/ lighter backup saw for my girlfriend to run. I should've shopped new before I used marketplace but the 028 seemed clean, and ran good in his garage, it just wouldn't stay running under load. The ms250 needed a pull cord and a carb, pretty minor I got that running for $40. I can do maintenance and sharpen chains but I'm not a mechanic at all.
If it's broken you might as well learn to fix it. Step by step we can walk you through it. The money you save can buy more project saws to fix.
