Hope I'm not boring you guys with my enthusiasm with my amature restoring reels🙂
I got one more of my late dads old reels. A Daiwa ss4000, i'm guessing late 70's early 80's. Some corrotion on the outside, but potensial to be clean again. Opened it todsy, and I think it looks great, was planing a total tear down, but think I wil just clean and regrease in place.
Looking forward to reasamble it🙂🙂
Not boring at all, glad to see one mentioned for a change. I've been on the lookout at flea's and yard sales for one of those. Very high quality line, and ya gotta love the hieroglyphics too.. :d
Please keep you enthusiasm coming! And please don't feel like every reel job needs to be a museum class restoration. There are TREMENDOUSLY skilled members on this forum that do incredible things, and when we are fortunate enough that they share their wisdom we all learn; but that is not to say that taking a reel, making it "right", and using it is any less important (maybe more so!). A lot of what is done and what we do not see here is the pros, maintaining and fixing reels for charters/head boats/etc. Keeping a reel going so that you can use it especially a piece with provenance like this one to where you can continue to use it and build memories is key to this group, so don't ever feel like a simple "regrease and reassemble" is selling anything short. - john
You guessed pretty darn close, 1977. A lot of people like that SS (Super Sport) series.
Thanks for the feedback guys:) Much apriciated :) Almost finished with it, just the the bailspring and bail left.. Me thinks it wil turn out quite nice :)
@Midway Tommy Do you know, how many years it was in production?
Kolbein
Quote from: Kolbein on October 30, 2023, 09:59:10 AM@Midway Tommy Do you know, how many years it was in production?
Kolbein
No, I sure don't, sorry. Maybe Fred or some other Daiwa aficionado will have some sort of idea.
Quote from: Midway Tommy on October 30, 2023, 04:43:56 PMQuote from: Kolbein on October 30, 2023, 09:59:10 AM@Midway Tommy Do you know, how many years it was in production?
Kolbein
No, I sure don't, sorry. Maybe Fred or some other Daiwa aficionado will have some sort of idea.
Thanks. Not very important, just fun to know the timeframe.
I almost finished it, just need to rinse a screw and a spring of rust. But i put it together, and I do feel i did it justice. Now to get some line on it and fish it 😊😊😊
Took it out for some fishing today.. and I got a catch on it, threw it back though.. but it was fun finaly to use it 😇😇
Great! What kind of fish is that? I assume the fishery of coastal Norway is about as different as it gets from coastal Florida.
Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on December 29, 2023, 06:24:20 PMGreat! What kind of fish is that? I assume the fishery of coastal Norway is about as different as it gets from coastal Florida.
It's a "baby" cod 🙂
Also caught a slightly lager haddoc, but that was not on an old reel..
Cold but nice today 🙂🙂
nice fish and pretty cool to use one of your Dad's reels
Still works like a charm 😇😇😇
Sweet! - john
Kolbien, thanks for your post, and the pictures of the real & fish, what springs to my mind, after ready your comments, is if you have gone to the trouble to open a reel, do the hole hog, strip it down completely, once you get right down into it, place some of the old grease, between your thum and index finger, just give it a rub, you will feel the fine sea sand, impregnated into it, it sure is nice to service a reel, then catch nice fish with it, there is never a boring question, to me & I am sure most of the members on this forum, think the same way, thanks for being with us, cheers Don.
Quote from: Donnyboat on April 01, 2024, 12:02:03 AMKolbien, thanks for your post, and the pictures of the real & fish, what springs to my mind, after ready your comments, is if you have gone to the trouble to open a reel, do the hole hog, strip it down completely, once you get right down into it, place some of the old grease, between your thum and index finger, just give it a rub, you will feel the fine sea sand, impregnated into it, it sure is nice to service a reel, then catch nice fish with it, there is never a boring question, to me & I am sure most of the members on this forum, think the same way, thanks for being with us, cheers Don.
Thanks Don 🙂🙂🙂