Question

[foakes]

Hello Everyone --

Put together 9 more old reels today out of loose parts and skeletons. 

A 4/0, 85, 155, 500, 500, 77, 155, 160, 150.

All set up with HT-100s & SS Drag stacks & under gear CFs all coated with Cal's grease, Yamaha MG for the interior parts.

With just normal oil -- not the graphite stuff -- the 4/0 had a free-spool time with no line of 165 seconds & the 85 was 92 seconds.

Here is my question -- which may be kind of weird, but...

Lets say you are repairing and servicing reels like 209s, Jigmasters, Senator 4/0s, etc.  Not terribly high priced reels -- but the kind I generally work on for many clients.

Lets say its a 209 -- and needs a full service, plus a drag stack upgrade, worm gear, pawl, line guide, and maybe a new ring or two.

Would it make $$$ sense to order the parts from a supplier -- or just buy a new reel from Wal-Mart for $45.84 -- disassemble the new reel -- take off the parts needed -- keep the rest of the reel for another time when the extra parts are needed (sideplates, rings, spool, posts, interior parts, gears, etc.)

Will these parts even work?  I know most of them will interchange.  At some point -- all we will be able to get easily will be the new production Penn parts anyway.

Of course this isn't referring to some of the reels that are being hot-rodded -- just the normal white bread type reels.

Appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks,

Fred

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[Caranx]

Impressive stuff you got going there!

[alantani]

parts in new reels should work.  it's definitely a better buy.