Mitchell 300A -- Service and Lubrication -- Young Martin's Reels
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- In this video we disassemble, clean, lubricate and reassemble a Mitchell 300A spinning reel.
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Young Martin’s Reels was created to honor my dad Martin B. Stivers of Louisville KY. He was an avid fisherman and repaired thousands of fishing reels in his lifetime. I spent numerous hours watching him do so, but I have forgotten most of what he taught me. Now that he is gone, and I find myself in need of reel repair, so I am learning how it is done and trying my best to pass it on.
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If I can be of assistance, feel free to contact me Rick48cj2a@yahoo.com
I would also like to thank Dennis Kuntz of 2nd Chance Tackle. His videos have helped to fill in the gaps in my “reel” knowledge. Without his UA-cam videos I’m afraid Young Martin’s Reels would not exist.
Rick Martin Stivers
Thank you!!
You showed me how to fix the bail!!!! Have had this exact reel for so many years and was almost ready to pitch it. Now she’s back in good working order.
Really appreciate your attention to detail.
God bless you.
I’m glad you found the video before you pitched it. Enjoy your reel and take it fishing.
Great video Rick thanks 👍
You’re awesome dude,I just fully rebuilt my 300A and got stuck on the bail arm spring for over an hour,Easy done
Things are so much easier when someone shows us how. I’m glad I could point the way.
Thanks for the video!
Great Video Rick, the bail system on these 80s model 300A's is different from the early model 300A's as well. I have a 300A from 1977, the first year they were released and it's bail system is pretty much the same as a regular 300. I prefer the original mitchell bail system as it's much stronger in my opinion. Keep up the good work
I have a 300A and love it. I used it inshore fishing for sheepshead and flounder and it did great! I like it even more than a 300. I like the seal for the housing. I install the Browning seal in all my large saltwater Mitchells. Rick, I’ve never disassembled the bail spring on my 30oA so I did not know this. I think this is very neat! Great video Rick. (That Chopin Nocturne closing music is growing on me.)
Just an observation about how you do your ultrasonic cleaning. All u need to do is put the different parts in zip lock bags and float them in the full main tank in water.
Neil, I have large jars that I put my parts in and I float those in my tank for parts cleaning. I made wire cages that fit inside the jars to easily remove the parts.
Thank you for this video. I am refurbishing my grandfather's 300a and it needed a new reel line guide race, I ordered that and will clean and lubricate everything. What do you recommend for grease/lubricant?
I use either Penn Reel Grease or Super Lube for the gears and Penn Reel Oil for parts that slide or rotate against one another.
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I have this reel. My dad fishes with the original 300 he bought decades ago, so I wanted one like his. It's been sitting in a hot AZ garage for close to 20 years (life happens), but I'm ready to get it clean up and get out there again. How do you clean your parts? I don't have anything fancy. And what grease/oil do you use? Thanks!
Devon, I usually clean my parts with WD40. I take them apart, spray them down, let them soak a few minutes and then start to scrub them with a tooth brush. For tougher grease I have a brass brush and super tough grease I will scrap off with a screw driver.
Any parts that slide against each other or rotate, I oil with a fishing reel oil. Things that mesh like gears, I use a fishing reel grease. I don’t care what brand they are. I hope this helps.
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What's the A stand for?
I would assume it’s the next generation after the 300. Although there were several actual generations of the 300 with no changes to the designation prior to that. You couldn’t call it the 301 when the change came because there was already a 301 and a 302 so I guess they went with the 300A.
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What vintage is this reel?
According to the Mitchell Reel Museum, production of the 300A began in 1977 but they don’t list when they stopped making them.