it's great what you are doing , gives people the confidence too have ago themselves . My Garcia Mitchell match was long over due a service and watching your video that you did on the Garcia Mitchell 440 , gave me the confidence to have a go myself . Thank you !
A schematic would have certainly helped a lot. Cleaning out the dirt was the worst part. Once I got it cleaned it wasn’t too bad. I never did figure out where that little steel roll pin belonged. I just couldn’t find a place it would fit. I might open back up to look one more time. Beside I have to open it again. Did you notice I forgot to grease the pinion and main gear. Oops!
Rick, I admire the fact that you can work on so many different types fishing reels. I can work on conventional reels if I have to but I mostly only know spinning reels. For a half blind guy I sypoose that is understandable. LOL. These baitcasters scare me because the parts are often so small. The term is “grease bucket”. Just curious but why didn’t you grease the main gear before you put it in? Anyway, great job Rick. You definitely did a resurrection on this one!
Chris, I’ve been waiting to grease main gears prior to installing them, so it would be less messy. The problem with that is, I keep forgetting to grease them before I close the cover. That’s what I did with this one and I had to go back and lubricate it later. I did another spinning reel and bait caster tonight. I did remember to remember to lube this bait caster. However, I did manage to mess up on the spinning reel’s crosswind block. It’s uploading as we speak.
@@youngmartinsreels5314 I recently meticulously clean and restore a 1st edition 1961 Spinfisher 700. Now this is the first spinning reel that Penn ever made. After hours of work I put in on the shelf in my study and went to bed. Two hours later I sat up in bed suddenly remembering I had not oiled the bearing that I had worked so hard to restore in that reel. At least I went back to sleep and didn’t do it right then. Funny how we can forget things particularly at my age. I was serious about how much I admire the fact that you can work on so many different types of reels. I also admire how absolutely fearless you are at totally dismantling parts with springs and c-clamps. All those things terrify me mostly because I lose so many small parts, - Chris
Hi Ya Rick... I should have taken pictures of a Daiwa 7300 B I just serviced, You want to talk about over abundance of dried grease? Forget a Q tip swab I needed a chisel. I think anyone who opens vintage reels is going to experience the past work of a Seventies grease junkie. - Craig
I watch Dennis over at 2nd Chance Tackle and seems most of his reels are mostly just grease choked. Mine seem to have tons of sand and grease. I guess that’s what happens when you buy up cheap reels. They don’t seem to be as well taken care of.
Craig, When I took the cover off and the black tab fell out I knew I was in for a little trouble. Eventually I got that part to fit. When I removed the anti-reverse cog i didn’t turn it over to look under it. Later when I picked it up to clean it, I felt something hit my hand. I still didn’t see anything. 15 minutes later I found that shim washer sitting in my lap. Now I had a real fight on my hands. I put it together about 5 times before I got everything to align properly. I was getting tired and frustrated by that time. I guess it was starting to come through in the video. I was a little surprised that the cover went back on so effortlessly. I think I’m tackling the big Shakespeare spinning reel next.
Steven, I figured it out at the 4:20 point in the video. That said, I still don’t understand how you are supposed to use it. It’s been explained a few times but I still don’t get it.
it's great what you are doing , gives people the confidence too have ago themselves . My Garcia Mitchell match was long over due a service and watching your video that you did on the Garcia Mitchell 440 , gave me the confidence to have a go myself . Thank you !
That was a tuff one. Good job!
A schematic would have certainly helped a lot. Cleaning out the dirt was the worst part. Once I got it cleaned it wasn’t too bad. I never did figure out where that little steel roll pin belonged. I just couldn’t find a place it would fit. I might open back up to look one more time. Beside I have to open it again. Did you notice I forgot to grease the pinion and main gear. Oops!
Rick, I admire the fact that you can work on so many different types fishing reels. I can work on conventional reels if I have to but I mostly only know spinning reels. For a half blind guy I sypoose that is understandable. LOL. These baitcasters scare me because the parts are often so small. The term is “grease bucket”. Just curious but why didn’t you grease the main gear before you put it in? Anyway, great job Rick. You definitely did a resurrection on this one!
Chris, I’ve been waiting to grease main gears prior to installing them, so it would be less messy. The problem with that is, I keep forgetting to grease them before I close the cover. That’s what I did with this one and I had to go back and lubricate it later.
I did another spinning reel and bait caster tonight. I did remember to remember to lube this bait caster.
However, I did manage to mess up on the spinning reel’s crosswind block. It’s uploading as we speak.
@@youngmartinsreels5314 I recently meticulously clean and restore a 1st edition 1961 Spinfisher 700. Now this is the first spinning reel that Penn ever made. After hours of work I put in on the shelf in my study and went to bed. Two hours later I sat up in bed suddenly remembering I had not oiled the bearing that I had worked so hard to restore in that reel. At least I went back to sleep and didn’t do it right then. Funny how we can forget things particularly at my age. I was serious about how much I admire the fact that you can work on so many different types of reels. I also admire how absolutely fearless you are at totally dismantling parts with springs and c-clamps. All those things terrify me mostly because I lose so many small parts, - Chris
Hi Ya Rick... I should have taken pictures of a Daiwa 7300 B I just serviced, You want to talk about over abundance of dried grease? Forget a Q tip swab I needed a chisel. I think anyone who opens vintage reels is going to experience the past work of a Seventies grease junkie. - Craig
I watch Dennis over at 2nd Chance Tackle and seems most of his reels are mostly just grease choked. Mine seem to have tons of sand and grease. I guess that’s what happens when you buy up cheap reels. They don’t seem to be as well taken care of.
At 33:09 you said "and it all fits" you almost sounded surprised... This one fought ya a bit huh?
Craig, When I took the cover off and the black tab fell out I knew I was in for a little trouble. Eventually I got that part to fit.
When I removed the anti-reverse cog i didn’t turn it over to look under it. Later when I picked it up to clean it, I felt something hit my hand. I still didn’t see anything. 15 minutes later I found that shim washer sitting in my lap. Now I had a real fight on my hands. I put it together about 5 times before I got everything to align properly. I was getting tired and frustrated by that time. I guess it was starting to come through in the video.
I was a little surprised that the cover went back on so effortlessly. I think I’m tackling the big Shakespeare spinning reel next.
That feature is for flipping..
Steven, I figured it out at the 4:20 point in the video. That said, I still don’t understand how you are supposed to use it. It’s been explained a few times but I still don’t get it.