Tanacom Boss 1000 serive

[retiredandfishing]

Got a Tanacum boss 1000 into the shop the other day.  I've decided I do not want to service it as I have zero experience with electrics and right now I have no interest in ever doing electrics. Wondering if anyone knows or is a reel tech who does electrics and would be interested in doing this one.  I will ship to for the customer.  He has others and is looking for someone to do more in the future.  Daiwa will not do the boss because it is too old. The customer shipped it to them and they shipped it back without going into it.  Please PM me if your are interested or have some info on who might do electrics. 

Thanks, Steve

[Donnyboat]

Does`nt say much for Daiwa, ay, makes you think twice about buying any of there gear, with that kind of back up. not hard to get it apart, then you may have to get an auto electrician to test the motor, cheers Don.

[alantani]

what's wrong with it?

[retiredandfishing]

Appears to be just dirty and gritty.  Hard to crank and a little rough but not to bad.  Customer says it is still operational. 

[jtwill98]

I had a look at a video of this reel being serviced, yesterday.  There is a lot to consider but if someone offers to help "retiredandfishing" with the service, it might be worth the time to watch the video, if not for any other reason than to see what kind of challenge you're facing.

The video is a bit lengthy at 20 minutes (the entire time it took him to service the reel) and I found the music distracting, enough so I turned it off and increased the playback speed by 50% while watching.   

[day0ne]

I'm kind of wondering what reel we are talking about, as I've never heard of a Tanacom Boss 1000. There is a Tanacom Bull 1000 and a plain Tanacom 1000. If Boss is correct, It must be JDM or really old. If the reel is operational and doesn't have electrical problems, the mechanical portions are simple to work on. The crappy drag washers are a source of trouble and noise. This video shows a lot.

[Brewcrafter]

Good point on the nomenclature.  The big overseas brands are pretty straight up on protecting the North American stuff and not servicing/supporting JDM stuff (send it back to the guy you bought it from).  I wonder if that is what happened here?  Video was pretty straightforward... - john

[retiredandfishing]

OK you caught me. LOL it is a Bull not a boss.  Old age I guess.  So the customer has another reel of the same model with the line counter out on it.  That sounds like it could be electrical.  So I found a reel service that is familiar with the Bull.  The service is call "4 Reel services" in Florida.  I have purchased a few parts from him in the past.  Very nice guy and very patient.  Even better he is willing to take any of the electrical reels my customers might bring in.  Problem solved.  I just don't have the time to do electricals right now as my learning curve would probably be very slow.  If I can get one to practice on that is perhaps no good, I would then do that but not holding out for that at the moment. Thanks to all who took the time to respond to this.  I do appreciate it.

[jtwill98]

I agree with your actions on this.  If it was mine, I would work on it myself.  For someone else, it is a tough decision as they expect you will be successful. 

I once took on a job of repairing a Kawasaki Mule for a ranching neighbor friend. The Mule ran but was a great mosquito fogger - the amount of blue smoke pouring out the tailpipe was impressive.   

I knew going in that the pistons rings were shot and the combustion cylinder had some scoring, but didn't know how bad.  I communicated this to him and told him the job would take a month, maybe longer, because of the tear down, sourcing the parts, possible machining or sleeving the cylinder and reassembly. 

He set off to purchase a new machine and the dealer offered him $400 for the unit.

I convinced him not to accept the dealer's $400 and give it to his son-in-law. I offered to do the overhaul the engine as a good will gesture for allowing me to fish his ponds for bass. 

I didn't know how it would turn out and I felt the stress of accepting this job once I got started with the tear down. 

The son-in-law was advised of the tear down findings and refused to have the piston cylinder machined.

I opted to try honing the cylinder. I was able to hone the cylinder using a flex-hone bit in a electric drill and was able to remove all but one score. Still, I wasn't sure how it would turn-out and suspected it to smoke.   

I'm happy to say it turned better than I expected.  A little more than $500 and a couple of months later, the engine was repaired, mule was running and no smoke. 

This was 4 year ago and the machine is still in use at the son-in-law's ranch. I would not do this again - Lesson learned.