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Title: Hello from Long Island
Post by: Uncle Zeke on March 28, 2024, 02:43:33 PM

Hi, Was given a 114 senator & standup rod form what I gathered is from the 1970's. Reel seems to be taken care of,internals are good alittle discoloration on brass parts.
Great tutorials,going to change drag washers.
Thanks to all, Jimmy

Title: Re: Hello from Long Island
Post by: happyhooker on March 28, 2024, 02:45:48 PM

Greetings, Unc, from Minnesota. I lived a few years as a kid in North Babylon. Mostly fond memories.

Frank

Title: Re: Hello from Long Island
Post by: alantani on March 28, 2024, 02:53:18 PM

jim, if you have carbon fiber drag washers already, then they might not need to be changed. just scrape off any crud with an old pocket knife to "raise the grain" and then slather on a little cal's pure teflon drag grease. you should be good. one extra thing that i do is to replace the hard washer under the main gear with another carbon fiber drag washer. smoothdrag.com has these. alternatively, you can use a #6-114 or #6-115 drag washer under the main gear and it will accomplish the same thing.

please let us know if you come up with any problems or questions. thanks and welcome! alan

Title: Re: Hello from Long Island
Post by: Keta on March 28, 2024, 02:56:14 PM

Hi.

Title: Re: Hello from Long Island
Post by: Gfish on March 28, 2024, 03:45:26 PM

Greetings Uncle Zeke!
When I first came here, one of my reels was a mid-80's 114H II. Aluminum spool and bar frame. This was probably getting close to the peak for stock Senators, but I really like the improvement of the Penn aluminum 1/2 frame on some variants.
But, I was afraid to take-apart the bridge-plate, thinking I wouldn't be able to get whatever was behind there, back together. Then I found the tutorial for it. Took a bit of practice, then it became easy. A huge step for me.

Title: Re: Hello from Long Island
Post by: Reeltyme on March 28, 2024, 05:42:08 PM

Greetings from Florida! Don't even worry about taking the thing apart. One of the easiest reels to work on. Built like a tank. Just reverse everything you take apart!
Cheers!
Randy McConnell
Reeltyme

Title: Re: Hello from Long Island
Post by: foakes on March 28, 2024, 06:27:00 PM

Welcome aboard, Jimmy!

Best, Fred

Title: Re: Hello from Long Island
Post by: Crow on March 28, 2024, 09:16:00 PM

Howdy!

Title: Re: Hello from Long Island
Post by: Brewcrafter on March 28, 2024, 10:22:25 PM

Welcome Zeke from the SoCal Inland Empire! Senators are a great place to start; so many reels (both Penn and others) share the same basic architecture. - john

Title: Re: Hello from Long Island
Post by: Uncle Zeke on March 28, 2024, 11:00:31 PM

Thanks everyone for the welcome.it has aluminum spool & thick drag washers.

Title: Re: Hello from Long Island
Post by: Shark Hunter on March 29, 2024, 12:34:45 AM

Welcome Zeke!

Title: Re: Hello from Long Island
Post by: Bryan Young on March 29, 2024, 05:40:41 AM

Welcome Uncke Zeke.

That reel is a beast. If it has thick washers, you likely have 3 of those thick fiber washers. If so you should replace them with carbon fiber.

Title: Re: Hello from Long Island
Post by: Bill B on April 03, 2024, 02:58:04 PM

Jim good to have you here. The 114H is a tank of a reel. Mysticparts.com has all the parts you need. Besides drag washers a new handle know is all you need. Bill

Title: Re: Hello from Long Island
Post by: Midway Tommy on April 03, 2024, 03:33:01 PM

Welcome, Zeke, all the SW aficionados will take good care you.

Reel Repair by Alan Tani

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