slowly becoming my favorite reel.

[broschro]

 these old 65s are slowly becoming one of my favorite reels. this is my second build, the first had a Newell 99 stand,it is now on the ocean floor about 10 miles out from the beach .  in my first picture you can see my  upgrades. peen 112H stand 30-66 and Mr. Young's upgraded drag,and Mr.Ts SS sleeve, and the aluminum spool from Fat Tuna-Sean. thanks Guy's

the next picture shows the 30-66 stand ready to mount the left plate.
I'm guilty of using tape to hold the bridge screws in for Assembly.

[broschro]

A few more

[Shark Hunter]

Clean looking build Jamie.
No shame in using tape. I do it all the time.

[sdlehr]

No shame in using tape. I do it all the time.

I probably should. I always end up dropping a few once or twice during every rebuild when I'm putting the bridge/gear assembly in. I get exercise bending over to pick them up off the floor.... for some reason they almost never land on the bench.... a glob of grease helps keep the upper ones in place, but I don't grease my shelfies.....

Sid

[handi2]

That's what I do. I blob them with grease and they will stay in while your getting ready to flip it over.

[broschro]

No shame in using tape. I do it all the time.

I probably should. I always end up dropping a few once or twice during every rebuild when I'm putting the bridge/gear assembly in. I get exercise bending over to pick them up off the floor.... for some reason they almost never land on the bench.... a glob of grease helps keep the upper ones in place, but I don't grease my shelfies.....

Sid

[foakes]

Alan's 2 finger trick to hold the bridge screws in place when setting the bridge assembly and dog/spring -- is another tip I learned here that has served me well for hundreds of assemblies.

And holding the plate sideways up -- so the drag stack does not move out of the gear.

Some of the old Penn catalogs and manuals have a section devoted to servicing your own reels.

Think it just takes a little practice doing it the unobvious way -- but once mastered, it works well & quick.

Gravity can be your friend.

Best,

Fred