028AV problems and decisions

Pulled the cylinder.

Also believe I found the cause - torn intake boot

It's all good. It's all part of learning. I should have done more research and I would have quickly found that there are many different variations of the 028 and Stihl saws as a whole. Now I know. It's a shame that I can't use this kit - it's really nice! 5 starts to the seller!

 

That's good! At least you had an easy fix. And a shame that you ended up with parts that you can't use. Hopefully you can sell them and recoup your money!

 

So I have a good ending to this saga, but I admit I cheated a bit. Considering I'm in the middle of remodeling my entire house (stud walls showing in a few rooms ) I decided that I don't have the time right now to really truly learn saw rebuilding. I can only have so many irons in the fire, BUT as a hoarder - I still need my saw. Anyways, I found a guy on Craigslist that rebuilds saws out of his garage. After a few phone conversations, I decided to bring my saw to him to rebuild. He was almost 2 hours away but I figured my time driving was better than shipping cost. Turns out he has a nice little buisness going with atleast 75 chainsaws on the shelves in various states of repair, trade in, and for sale. After some talk, he showed me that he had the same saw on the shelf for sale and would give me money for mine. I walked out spending a buck but drove home with this

My other saws will get to meet their new friend out in the woods soon

 

Nice. Keep that guy’s contact info around. Most small shop or hobby guys have reasonable labor rates and actually like building/fixing saws.
He probably already did it, but blow out the starter side and try to keep that clean.