@@johnwright3306 Thanks! I had a lot of fun with it. I hope you do, too, when you paint yours.

Thanks. I bet you're right. It doesn't seem to make any sense to have two Teflon washers there.

@@tommodesitt4699 Thanks, Tommy!

I was hoping someone would catch that and know what it was 😅

Thanks. That makes sense. It looks like the whole design is for the sole purpose of being able to pop off the spool with no tools. Personally, I'd prefer an e-clip which isn't that hard to remove. Some day those little nylon catches are probably going to break when removing the spool (due to age & wear).

I don't grease or oil the teflon washers unless they have never been oiled or greased previously (i.e. when re-using rather than new). I lightly grease the metal washers with my fingers. A lot of people do grease both more liberally. I worry about the drag getting more "sticky" over time. I'm sure I could be convinced that more liberal lubrication might be warranted.

Thanks! They are great reels. They take a little getting used to for casting them. You have to adjust the spool release tension for whatever lure or sinker you are using. When you hit the line release lever, the spool tension should be adjusted so that when the lure / sinker hits the ground, no additional line backlashes off the spool (i.e. the spool stops moving as soon as the bait hits the ground. After you do that, you should be good to cast. There are videos on KZbin that show how to cast these and similar baitcasters. I hope you have fun with it!

If a year is printed on the reel, that would be the year that particular design was copyrighted and not necessarily the year that particular reel was made. So, in this case, if the reel was made through 1986, all the reels in that series would have the patent date 1983 printed on them. I hope that makes sense. Thanks for watching!

@@alberteurs1501 Thank you 😃

My pleasure!

​@@tonys.5940My mistake..not the tx 10..thats the spinning, sorry, but its fx ii made in thailand. Exactly same based with the 102 plus with a minimal differences.

I wondered about that. I tried looking up the TX10 and saw it was spinning. I just looked up the FXII, that makes more sense 😊

@@tonys.5940 its my mistake sir..after i take them out and found out i was wrong..i do got both of them. Yet still finding the one on your vid.

@@tonys.5940 I am surprised it has a metal frame.////bill

@@tommodesitt4699 Thank you, Tommy! Much appreciated, especially from an expert such as yourself. Merry Christmas.

@@tonys.5940 Merry Christmas my friend!

Thank you. That's quite possible. Makes sense, but the last Pocket Fisherman I did had it behind the main gear also. Maybe they were both in the wrong place.

@@tonys.5940 did you reassemble it?

​@@N2RI1 I'm 99.9 % sure that I have the drag washer in the correct position as shown in the video (i.e. between the main gear and the anti-reverse gear). This is the way it has been on both Pocket Fisherman I have disassembled as well as on the Fish-N-Fold II outfit which has the same Johnson reel. At any rate, both the drag and anti-reverse work fine as it is.

Hahahaha. I've got a Popeil Pocket Fisherman, also. I love the gadget reels

I get many of my parts (including the gear for the Penn Peerless reel) from e bay. I have also gotten parts from eReplacement parts (online). While I have gotten vintage spincast parts online, I find it easier to find parts of vintage name-brand baitcast and spinning reels parts. For spincast parts, I usually wait until I find a junker at a flea market for a buck or two to use for parts.

That's a tough one. I'm assuming it's sealed in a plastic "clam pack". There are many collectors that would be mortified to see it opened. But it's yours, so you can do whatever you wish with it. One option would be to sell it to a collector via the Zebco Shop and Swap group on FB or an online auction. You'd probably get significantly more money for it than what you would likely pay for a good working example of one that is not in the package. You could use the proceeds to buy a user and keep the rest of the $. That way you'd make a collector happy and still have a nice user.

Thank you! Did you see that Lions game last night? Wow!

@tonys.5940 yes it was amazing!

Thank you. I decided to take the summer off and just fish and work around the house. Now that this confounded daylight savings has kicked in and the weather is getting cold, I hope to be producing more videos regularly 😃

found one on line great price considering someone else want $90. for one 🤔after watching you take yours apart it was somewhat a simple task as i had to take the cone and clip back off but after oiling and lubing it spins like new . the black housing is rough and will only re-coat it black . and holding it and fooling with it i'm going to put line on and take it fishing . certainly a intriguing reel .

Thank you! Much appreciated. I'll have to get back into and finish the job.

It depends on location, venue, and condition. In the rural Midwest at flea markets and antique malls, I have picked them up for $5. On eBay, they go for as much as $30 plus shipping.

Hard to say without examining it. First, take off the cap and make sure the pick-up pin is extended when winding. It could also be that the "bumper" on the pick-up pin is worn, causing the pin to not extent outward far enough. However, I have found on mine that unless there is some tension on the line, the pick-up pin has a hard time catching the line. If I use a very lightweight lure, I find that I always have to grab the line and add tension to get it to start winding-in the line. My guess is that this is an inherent issue due to the large opening on the cap. It doesn't create an acute-enough angle on the line for the pick-up pin to catch if there is even the slightest amount of slack in the line ("normal" spincasters usually have a small hole in the cap which causes the line to bend over the spinnerhead more and thus is more likely to engage the pin(s), even when there is a little bit of slack in the line). As a result, I only use heavier lures on mine.

Thanks! As I've worked on more Shakespeare's I've encountered more of those little felt pads. I wonder if some thin gasket material or moleskin could be used as replacements.

Thank you! Likewise, I'm glad to know I am not alone in my love for vintage spincast fishing! I'll have to follow your lead and try using some vintage lures. I have some lures that I made that I'd like to catch some fish on as well.

Getting an exact year would require more detailed information (rivet size and position, frame design, anti-reverse switch shape, etc.). But a two rivet Lexan would date between 1969 to 1974.

@@tonys.5940 lol. That's good enough honestly. Thanks

That particular reel body is made steel not lexan

Assuming the reel is assembled properly, it sounds like there may be too much line on the spool. If that happens, it can cause intermittent pick-up. Maybe try reducing the amount of line on the spool. Also, as you may know, spincast reels do best if there is at least a little tension on the line when retrieving line. So, if you are reeling-in slack, it's a good idea to apply some tension by gently using your thumb and forefinger to hold the line and provide just the slightest resistance. In addition to reducing line pick-up inconsistency, this also helps prevent loose line on the spool which causes tangles and "bird nests". I hope this helps. Let me know if you get it working correctly.

I wonder that, too. I have also experienced this with the spindle of some Zebcos (swelling). In the case of the Zebcos, I put a sanding barrel on a dremel and honed-out the spool. It was easier to get an even removal of material that way vs. trying to sand the spindle (or in your case, the drag rings). You might try honing out the center of your spool a bit with a dremel.

@@tonys.5940 I did and now it works well! I ended up using sandpaper taped to a socket and used a drill to get an even removal of material.