I found one of these in the salvation army where I work. It's in great shape on a rod that was made in the same year. I appreciate this video I was wanting to clean and lube mine but didn't know thanks buddy.

Thanks for posting this. My dad has one of these and I'm going to service it using your tutorial.

@youngmartinsreels5314

Жыл бұрын

Let me know how it goes. I love a good success story. This has been one of my favorite reels.

Looking forward to seeing the scan of the Penn catalog, Rick. Man, I miss all those catalogs that companies used to send out. You're a brave man digging into all those reels like that. If I tried that myself, I think I would be taking the parts to someone like you in a box !

@youngmartinsreels5314

2 жыл бұрын

I just got a new computer and I’m having problems getting it to work with my scanner but as soon as I do I’ll be posting the scans. I just don’t know where or how yet.

@youngmartinsreels5314

2 жыл бұрын

I had to start out with simple reels and work my way up. I’m trying to use reels I already have. Every now and then someone sends or brings me one like this or the recent Dam Quick 101. I’m learning as I go and hopefully I’m passing what I’ve learned on to others. Fish On

@youngmartinsreels5314

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve got it scanned into a PDF file. I don’t have a place to upload it too. If you’d like a copy of it, send me a request to my email address listed on the video. I’ll forward you a copy.

@maintuning

2 жыл бұрын

@@youngmartinsreels5314 I will send when I get home. Thanks Rick !

Just bought a nice one off fleabay for 20 bucks, cheaper then the china junk Walmart sells, crazy.

@youngmartinsreels5314

Жыл бұрын

They are nice reels. That one belonged to a friend of mine. Maybe I’ll inherit it one day. 😀

i wood love to find a reel with this level wind sistem ,i use those with the wurm weel but i find this sistem far better ,greets Dirk. ps why dont they stik with great technology and over engineer things all the time ,now THAT's THE question he .dwl

@youngmartinsreels5314

2 жыл бұрын

As far as I know so far the Penn 350 is the only one that uses that system. They come up on EBay periodically. I’m not sure it really worked as advertised. It might bog down under the load of a big fish.

@tomallen6073

Жыл бұрын

Easy and dirt cheap off eBay. A lot of these were seldom used so there many in good shape around.

@warpedweirdo

13 күн бұрын

@@youngmartinsreels5314 I've yet to have mine bog down under some pretty heavy loads. Maybe there would be a problem were I to use more drag tension than is reasonable for this reel - or maybe not. Consider that it takes about 12 turns of the handle for the Leveline bar to make one half revolution (I think). That's quite a bit of torque. And all that torque is going toward moving the line side-to-side. Make some wild assumptions and simplifications because I'm lazy, do some math, hope I did it all correctly (probably didn't)... that's ~1 ounce-inch added torque required to turn the handle with 10lbs of tension on the line? Yeah, matches my real-world experience: the extra force required gets lost in the noise. And I don't like reeling under that kind of tension anyway; I lift the rod to pull stuff in, lower and wind down, repeat. How about 20lbs tensions? That's 2oz-inches, and maybe a stripped gear sleeve or torqued frame or something else catastrophic. The Leveline system has some quirks not found in the more common levelwind system. . Function requires that the line have at least a little tension when reeling, otherwise the line can climb out of the spiral, leaving some unevenness in the line distribution. . Pitting of the chrome on the Leveline bar may lead to line abrasion, though I've not yet seen this with my reel. . Nicks on spiral edges of the Leveline bar can catch the line, causing lateral motion of the line to slow, leading to line accumulating faster one one part of the spool than on others. A conventional levelwind system is a little more user-friendly, but at the cost of reduced casting distance and increased fragility. And I find it more difficult to pick backlashes out of conventional levelwind systems. I have encountered a couple posts in various forums claiming that certain parts of Penn's more conventional levelwind systems wear out very quickly when a reel is used for long-distance casting, sometimes leading to destruction of other components, necessitating costly repairs.

Interesting concept. I just acquired one because, why not? I figured it would be a cheap way to give a lot of line to a child fishing a couple hundred feet down for rock fish, without having to train the child on how to use their thumb to evenly lay the line on the spool when reeling in. Slow retrieve, so the child has more leverage for hauling stuff up from the depths. Light reel, compared to a spinning reel of the same capacity. Penn recommended that a rod's first guide be at least 30" from the reel for good operation of this leveline system. That's a LOOOOOONG distance. I did a little testing on a rod with only 26" distance, and it seemed to work, but my testing didn't accurately replicate real-world use. We'll see. I may have to find a cheap rod and reposition or eliminate the first guide. This is NOT a reel for beginners to service! Not for mechanical complexity, but for difficulty of assembly. It's that damnable anti-reverse dog and its spring that make things so difficult. Don't know why Penn decided to have the dog rotate about a bridge plate screw instead of a dedicated pin on the bridge. And I don't know why Penn didn't make an effort to have a better retention mechanism for the spring. I lost the dog spring, had to make a replacement. Then I found the lost spring after I'd put it all back together. Amazing. Things I like: The line lay system is quite unique, and I find unusual mechanical stuff intriguing. The stainless steel pinion gear and heat treated steel main gear should be very durable. Still a lot of used parts on the market Things I don't like: Difficult to reassemble. The click tongue and spring are permanently affixed to the side plate. I suspect the spool shafts were made from something other than stainless steel, at least in the version of the reel I purchased. Other comments: This reel isn't built for heavy drag. If you "button down" the drag, don't try reeling against the pressure of a strong fish; you might round off the top of the gear sleeve (the drive shaft), where the handle attaches. Heavy drag also risks "torquing" the reel, and over-stressing brass anti-reverse components. I'll probably limit mine to 8lbs of drag max.

@youngmartinsreels5314

7 ай бұрын

If you think that spring is hard you should try the flat plate springs they used in the earlier models of Penn reels. They were much harder. I’m not sure where you see a problem with the drag system. That is the same basic drag system that Penn used in their reels for over 50 years. I’ve never seen one fail due to over tightening. The drag washers eventually wear out but the star drag, shaft, and sleeve are pretty much bulletproof except for corrosion. I have seen two get cross threaded and tear up the sleeves but I haven’t seen one damaged from too much drag. This is the same basic design they used in all of their Senator reels and they were awesome reels. Maybe I’m missing something. I agree that I don’t like the permanent installation of the clicker and spring but they sell replacements that allow you to drill them out and replace if needed. Remember that this reel was made back in the 60s or 70s and almost everything was made with aluminum, brass or mild steel. Very few things were made with stainless. Is it the best reel ever made? Nope, but it’s still pretty good for a gimmick reel. I think most manly fishermen wouldn’t buy it due to pride, since they didn’t need a line guide to wind in their lines in evenly.

@warpedweirdo

7 ай бұрын

@@youngmartinsreels5314 My problem isn't with the drag system, but with the handle attachment. The issue of rounding off the top of the gear sleeve under heavy pressure is sufficiently common among Penn reels of various types that the aftermarket creates stainless steel gear sleeves to address the problem for the more popular reels. The top of the gear sleeve of the reel I just purchased is so rounded off that the handle is just barely able to grip. Any significant load will finish the job. Force applied to the spool of this reel gets a 3:1 mechanical advantage over the gear sleeve, so 8lbs of pull on the spool is ~24lbs on the gear sleeve - 24lbs trying to round over the top of the gear sleeve in the handle when the operator attempts to crank against such pull. I think the reel can handle this. But I think upping that 8lbs to 12+ may be asking too much of the interface between the brass sleeve and the thin handle. 8lbs of drag should be more than sufficient for the usage I've envisioned for this reel. It's just that today's marketing likes to emphasize higher drag numbers, creating a false perception of need.

@youngmartinsreels5314

7 ай бұрын

I’ve seen plenty of stainless steel sleeves installed but I’ve never seen one of the brass ones actually fail. People tend to replace them as an upgrade to make the reel stronger. If they were to fail as you described, I would tend to blame it on the screw not being adequately tightened down. I have had at least 20 of that style reel come across my bench with the screw loose and the locking screw installed. It certainly doesn’t hurt to upgrade to stainless steel but I still consider the original design to be more than adequate for any fish I plan to catch.

@warpedweirdo

7 ай бұрын

@@youngmartinsreels5314 Agreed.

@warpedweirdo

7 ай бұрын

2nd time reassembling the reel went a lot more smoothly than the first. Still quite fiddly though. Funny story: I successfully got the bridge screws installed and tightened down, screwed the assembly to the "stand" (the foot), screwed in all the posts, and... I had an extra screw. All the holes had screws, and the remaining screw was clearly one of those long ones for screwing the side plate to a post. What?! I thought back, mentally taking things apart again, trying to figure out what I missed. I was just about convinced I was crazy, and was about to take the reel apart again, when I flipped the clutch lever, revealing the empty hole.😆