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Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Conventional and Bait Casting Reel Rebuild Tutorials and Questions => Other Reel Tutorials and Questions => Topic started by: CoastieFlo on March 04, 2012, 08:22:47 AM

Title: Olympic Dolphin Reels?
Post by: CoastieFlo on March 04, 2012, 08:22:47 AM
Anyone ever had one of these?  Ive read they are pretty good quality wise and all the parts are SS too.  Anyone have one apart? Easy to fix or ?  thx
Title: Re: Olympic Dolphin Reels?
Post by: Alto Mare on March 04, 2012, 11:51:55 AM
Yes I had one a whyle back, mine was a lever wind reel and I liked it a lot. The only reason I sold it was becouse I'm not a fan of lever wind reels, but I did get to use it and really liked it. I believe that the reel was made in Japan. I can't tell you if they're easy to fix, I just don't remember. Good luck with it. Sal
Title: Re: Olympic Dolphin Reels?
Post by: Jimmer on March 04, 2012, 02:38:02 PM
Very similar to Penn. I've gotten some parts in the past from Tuna's Reel troubles.
Title: Re: Olympic Dolphin Reels?
Post by: alantani on March 04, 2012, 08:36:42 PM
i've got a couple here in the garage.  very small drags.......   :-\
Title: Re: Olympic Dolphin Reels?
Post by: seaeagle2 on March 05, 2012, 01:20:56 AM
I've got two that my father in law bought probably in the 70's when he had his boat and was fishing. One of them appears to have come to a bad end, sort of "blowing up".  The other one I've got in the box with the orginal schematic, wrench and bottle of oil and rod clamp...
Title: Re: Olympic Dolphin Reels?
Post by: CoastieFlo on March 06, 2012, 12:05:42 AM
Alan, can a person put better drags in them?  Or are they a funky size ?
Title: Re: Olympic Dolphin Reels?
Post by: alantani on March 06, 2012, 03:00:36 PM
hand cut ht-100's will work.  http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=175.0
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