Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Quote from: Shark Hunter on May 07, 2024, 07:08:03 PM

Quote from: Crab Pot on May 05, 2024, 05:12:00 PMAfraid to ask, but do you have a 16/0 Randy?

Steve

I have a Few Steve,
I'm heading out on a two week Vacation. We can Talk when I return,
Daron

No hurry Daron.

Thank you,

Steve

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This is an interesting topic. The Internationals are a good investment, even if you have to put out a couple of bucks for parts. They still command a premium price on the secondary market, so you probably won't lose. If you can still send them to Penn for servicing, chances are parts will be available for a while.

Thanks. I've just never seen one.

Steve

351 was an early version of the high speed 350 —- which was a 300 with rapid gearing.

Later, they just labeled it a 350.

Has nothing to do with a left or right hand reel orientation.

Best, Fred

Quote from: Cor on May 07, 2024, 10:49:43 AMMy maintenance routine on these type of garden appliances can not be compared to what I do to my reels.

I have a mower with an old cast alloy body and I tossed out the arm exerciser B & S motor around 1981 and replaced it with a 2 stroke Robin Japanese motor which is still going strong, well sort off.
It now needs a governor oil change, new air filter, and probably a clean and service of the carburetor.

Chainsaws I won't even mention, my next one will be an environmentally friendly model and will be fed by solar panels.

2 stroke engine have higher speed so it cut better,speed do the cut like the old lawnboy , Toro Recycler with 2 stroke 5HP Suzuki is the most powerful walk behind mower .Environment friendly do make some trimmer ,blower hard to start ,carburetor adjusted too lean at factory some of them cover up the adjustment screws that's why install after market carburetor make it run better .The GX 160 install on Commercial HRC 216 have 5.5 HP anywhere else, come to CA it have only 3.7 HP to meet state regulation

Thanks for the reply. I will definately check the pinion as you have described, and report back. The problem with the handle isn't with spinning backwards, but rather forwards on a cast, kind of like on old knuckle buster. If the pinion isn't functioning properly, what could be causing that? Sounds like it could be a problem with the jack, perhaps? The more I think about it, I remember I did replace the springs as well, and possibly the pinion. I will have to look through my parts box and see if I have a used pinion gear floating around in there. I pretty much refuse to give up on it. At the end of the day it really is a nice reel, and does have a smoothness that my other Internationals can't quite compare to.

Thanks for the input. I'll be testing it out again soon on some AJs.

Hello,

I just acquired a Mitchell 351 with the handle on the left side of the reel. Has anyone seen one of these before? I thought the 351 was for lefties with the handle on the right side of the reel.

Thanks,

Steve

HA! What was the noise problem?