Reel Repair by Alan Tani

General Maintenance Tips => Ordering Reel Parts => Topic started by: Bushy on March 02, 2020, 05:04:55 AM

Title: No Penn Reel is ever too old
Post by: Bushy on March 02, 2020, 05:04:55 AM
No Penn Reel is ever too old, but I'm challenged today in locating parts.  I was gifted a group of nice old reels that I want to clean up and offer out at our Sand Crab Classic Perch Derby.  Nice old reels, but I'm not finiding the parts.  Wondering if there are equivalent parts from more modern reels? REally I just want to clean them up and install new drag stacks. One model I might want new bearings as well, because it has them.  any info is mucho appreciado.

Reels:

Penn No 49 with drag/nodrag lever (!?!)
Penn No 149 "Deep Sea Reel"
Penn No 66 Long Beach
Penn No 65 Long Beach
Penn No 28 Del Mar
PennNo 26 Monofil

And the one I am keeping , that I'd like to get bearings for is
Penn 3/0H "Special Senator"

They are all really cool reels and I can buff them up but someone taught me years ago don't take it apart unless you have replacement drag stack in hand.....

Thanks

Bushy
Title: Re: No Penn Reel is ever too old
Post by: oc1 on March 02, 2020, 06:08:38 AM
Quote from: Bushy on March 02, 2020, 05:04:55 AM
don't take it apart unless you have replacement drag stack in hand.....

Take it apart first, remove the old drag washers, measure them and match the measurements up on the table at Smooth Drag.
-steve
Title: Re: No Penn Reel is ever too old
Post by: Gfish on March 02, 2020, 02:51:59 PM
Ssssup Bushy! Try Mysticparts.com, they'll have most parts for those reels as many are interchangeable. However some that are very common, such as spools, etc. they will be out of. Also they may have info. on interchangeability for a given part.
Title: Re: No Penn Reel is ever too old
Post by: Bushy on March 03, 2020, 04:39:14 AM
Thanks Steve andGFish.  That's where I started, at Mystic parts. These reels not listed.  I figureparts (esp drag stacks0 can be nterchangeable, and (Steve0 I was trying to avoid the measuring.  Cause 'm lazy and I also don't have a micrometer....Just an old wooden ruler LOL.

Bushy
Title: Re: No Penn Reel is ever too old
Post by: Donnyboat on March 03, 2020, 05:46:06 AM
Hi Bushy, if mystic, cant advise you of replacement parts for most of them reels, then i am sure many of the members here, can, you will find smooth Drag, will already have the details for them reels as far as Drags go,, your nearest engineering shop could measure any bearings you need, or take them to a bearing supplier, they will measure them for you, place the parts you need, in is zip lock bag with the details written on the bag, good luck, cheers Don.
Title: Re: No Penn Reel is ever too old
Post by: oc1 on March 03, 2020, 06:27:15 AM
Quote from: Bushy on March 03, 2020, 04:39:14 AM
don't have a micrometer....Just an old wooden ruler
That will work fine. 
http://www.smoothdrag.com/Carbontex_washer_sizes_Retail3-2014.pdf (http://www.smoothdrag.com/Carbontex_washer_sizes_Retail3-2014.pdf)
-steve
Title: Re: No Penn Reel is ever too old
Post by: RowdyW on March 03, 2020, 08:14:50 AM
Bushy, you should check Mystic again, most of the reels you listed are in stock there. All those reels are on Mystic's list of reels and are not obsolete.              Rudy
Title: Re: No Penn Reel is ever too old
Post by: Keta on March 03, 2020, 02:53:48 PM
They are all listed at Mystic Parts

49L https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn49L.aspx
(https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn49L.aspx)149  https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn149L.aspx (https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn149L.aspx)
65  https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn65.aspx
(https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn65.aspx)66  https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn66.aspx
(https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn66.aspx)28 Del Mar (285 Del Mar?) https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn285.aspx (https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn285.aspx)
26  https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn26.aspx (https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn26.aspx)
112H (3/0H) https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn112H.aspx
(https://www.mysticparts.com/PennParts/Penn112H.aspx)
Title: Re: No Penn Reel is ever too old
Post by: alantani on March 03, 2020, 03:43:58 PM
allen, i'll be at the fred hall show all the rest of this week, but next week i'll be home.  if you swing by, we can put together as many frankenbuilt reels as you want.  i have dozens of old reels that we can part out and/or rebuild.  i won't be able to make the derby, though.  glenn fukumoto's funeral is the same day.  ping me next week, anytime! 
Title: Re: No Penn Reel is ever too old
Post by: Bushy on March 03, 2020, 05:04:24 PM
Wow.  Thanks everybody!  Alan, I will take you up on that offer! For sure. We need to spend some quality time together. And, I guess I need to get a little better at looking things up on Mystic. Sorry to hear about Glenn, what a great guy.

I can auction the reels offf as "AAA Rebuilds"  Alan and Allen......


Bushy
Title: Re: No Penn Reel is ever too old
Post by: alantani on March 03, 2020, 05:14:50 PM
see you next week!!!!!