Most reliable Stihl chainsaw of all time?

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Found a "back in the hills" chain saw guy that got all the dead saws from a big retailer. He had all the parts from a donor saw.
The 028WB (Not the later 028 AV) came without a chainbrake or it was an option then later got one of the first? chainbrakes. It's a kind of simple thing but worked well during my ownship, had it trip a time or two during use. While it wouldn't have been an injury it was nice to KNOW it was on duty.
* The chainbrake from an 028AV will not fit an 028WB *
The manual with part numbers conveniently found here; https://www.arboristsite.com/threads/stihl-illustrated-parts-lists-ipl.317358/
028_IPL.pdf is the file you want, the chain brake is down a ways.
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Install was not difficult. Note you need the hand guard #26 also, it's different from the non brake part.
Thanks. I believe mine will only take the inertia brake style. Not the overlap. Been doing some research. Thanks for the reply. This saw is awesome. Runs better than my other two. And it nice keeping this older model operational.
 

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