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Mike P · 12-02-2003, 04:53 PM

If you decide (like I did) that you don't give a rat's arse about the warranty, and keep them turning yourself, all of the headaches go away. They're the same inside as a Luxor 300 and not much more complicated than a Penn series 700 Spinfisher, or a 380/390 series Mitchell, and much simpler than a Mitchell 302 and any Japanese reel.

You'd be surprised at the places you can find many of the components, like bearings, O-rings and seals.

They stiffen in cold weather---like any reel with heavy grease or 80 wt gear oil in them. You just go to a lighter oil in cold weather, like drivers had to do when I was a kid (remember single weight oils and changing from 30 or 40 weight to 20 weight every November?).

You can open one with a $10 Sears strap wrench--who needs a $90 self service kit. And the new ones open with a 22 mm open end wrench. So you ding up the paint a bit---so what---it gives the reel a little character. Looks like a fishing tool instead of an SUV. BTW, I've pulled out stuck F-150s with my Grand Cherokee

Worst thing they ever did was go from a hardened stainless steel shaft to a titanium one, and a titanium roller. Fortunately, they did this after I bought mine

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12-02-2003, 04:53 PM	#42
Mike P Jiggin' Leper Lawyer iTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E Posts: 8,159	If you decide (like I did) that you don't give a rat's arse about the warranty, and keep them turning yourself, all of the headaches go away. They're the same inside as a Luxor 300 and not much more complicated than a Penn series 700 Spinfisher, or a 380/390 series Mitchell, and much simpler than a Mitchell 302 and any Japanese reel. You'd be surprised at the places you can find many of the components, like bearings, O-rings and seals. They stiffen in cold weather---like any reel with heavy grease or 80 wt gear oil in them. You just go to a lighter oil in cold weather, like drivers had to do when I was a kid (remember single weight oils and changing from 30 or 40 weight to 20 weight every November?). You can open one with a $10 Sears strap wrench--who needs a $90 self service kit. And the new ones open with a 22 mm open end wrench. So you ding up the paint a bit---so what---it gives the reel a little character. Looks like a fishing tool instead of an SUV. BTW, I've pulled out stuck F-150s with my Grand Cherokee Worst thing they ever did was go from a hardened stainless steel shaft to a titanium one, and a titanium roller. Fortunately, they did this after I bought mine :