114h T60XN the Red Grouper

[CooldadE]

I have yet to fish my T60XN. Mine is silver frame, black spool and red side plates... I also have the 3/0 and 4/0 XN reels in same colors... I've fished both of those and they preformed as you would expect. Caught my first Yellow tail on the 4/0 XN... a 25# fish.


Cool

[steelfish]

WOW! That is one gorgeous red reel. Hope to see the finished product soon. Any luck finding a reinforced eccentric jack?

thanks amigo, I found one used but in great shape a reinforced eccentric jack on my miscellaneous parts box while looking for some screws of different sizes for another reel, the 114h eccentric jack was dirty but it cleaned up really good and I used the buffer wheel a bit with the dremel to give it some shine

[Cor]

Great looking reel, enjoy the project!
I also prefer the black/red side plates/rings.

Hope you don't ever intend to take it on a Panga

[steelfish]

Hope you don't ever intend to take it on a Panga

why? 

nothing wrong with the Pangas to get to the fish

[Cor]

Hope you don't ever intend to take it on a Panga

why? 

nothing wrong with the Pangas to get to the fish

Well if you look at my tackle that I take to sea on similar size boats, the reels are scratched and dinged.   The rods are repaired from someone sitting or falling on top of them or high sticking.   Small boat fishing here is fairly rough stuff.    Maybe you fish in a bit more protected waters?

[steelfish]

Well if you look at my tackle that I take to sea on similar size boats, the reels are scratched and dinged.   The rods are repaired from someone sitting or falling on top of them or high sticking.   Small boat fishing here is fairly rough stuff.    Maybe you fish in a bit more protected waters?

same deal here, panga boats are rough with fishing gear, sometimes they dont have enough rod holders so your expensive fishing rod and reel are there jumping and bumping against each other or the panga rails, but it what it is, after all fishing reels are nothing but weapons to get the fish, right?

I must admit that some old and unique reels deserve to spend their time on the shelf but this one 114h dont belong to the shelf 

[JasonGotaProblem]

after all fishing reels are nothing but weapons to get the fish, right?

No sir. The reel is merely an instrument.

I am the weapon.
 

[Crab Pot]

No sir. The reel is merely an instrument.

I am the weapon.
 

I like that Jason!

May, ok I will, steal it.
 

[steelfish]

well, finally have time between rod / reel repairs to go through some of my personal reels that needed attention.

as is the case of the 114h XN

I installed the SS complete kit that I got from Jason (in the 1st page)

I couldn't fit the 6 drag washers that came in the 3 sevens insert kit, I read some posts he made on his section that he offered different thickness in drag washers and keyed metal washers in case someone had any problem fitting the 6-drag washers on the adapter of their main gears but of course that is not an option anymore with Adam no longer working on his adapters/parts, well I ended up installing 5 keyed metal washers and 6 drag washers, the 6th drag washer is just there as Double drag washer (mostly as spacer) just before the last thick metal keyed metal washer

as you can see there is no room for another metal washer because the last drag washer wont fit inside of the adapter


even like that I could reach 42# drag with that setup, I had to use my both hands to pull the line from the reel with the scale to be able to reach 42# and Im pretty sure I could have reached more but I didnt wanted to tried and hurt myself if something broke while pulling 50# drag directly from the reel, so I stopped there, in the real world I see myself in problems if I have to be on a Tug-o-war with a big fish pulling 40# or more of drag, so, Im happy with the reel as is, I dont think I will try to install the 6th keyed metal washer later but is good to have the option if I find some thinner metals, but I dont promises anything.




I filed a bit on the edges of the yoke to have an smooth transition with the eccentric Jack when moving the lever to activate the freespool to drag, it was kind rough before but now is an smooth operator !!


I also installed a 2nd SS dog, nothing new here, so move on !



lastly I have a brand new daiwa sealine 600H handle with the blade much longer than the stock 6/0 handle and it fits perfectly on the 114h SS sleeve, but the knob was so small, so I drilled out the stock knob and installed a VISX handle knob, its too heavy for my taste but it was the only handle knob I have on hand that fit the 8mm hole on the handle, for know it works



and thats it, its ready to get some fish on the Panga

[Bill B]

Oh wow!  That is an awesome build.   

[sabaman1]

Looks great Alex! Do the dogs alternate or are they simultaneous in operation?

[Hardy Boy]

Looks great. I love mine but don't fish it much as I have almost too many reels.


Cheers

Todd

[thorhammer]

Deserves a Cortez shifter if Tom has any.

[JasonGotaProblem]

I'm still jealous of this reel. And with good reason.

[steelfish]

Looks great Alex! Do the dogs alternate or are they simultaneous in operation?

they're simultaneous, I was going to go with an alternated dogs but since this reel has a 10 teeth Sleeve the backplay on the handle is not that bad.