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by Ngoles
Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:39 am
Forum: Maintenance & SuperTuning Q&A
Topic: Installed carbontex drag washers?
Replies: 8
Views: 3754

Re: Installed carbontex drag washers?

Zest wrote: check your cast control knob,sometimes it when u assemble it back u will either screw it too much or the shaft haven "snap" into the cast control knob
That was it , thank you all guys for the help! :D
by Ngoles
Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:23 pm
Forum: Maintenance & SuperTuning Q&A
Topic: Installed carbontex drag washers?
Replies: 8
Views: 3754

Re: Installed carbontex drag washers?

Hi again, I did what you told me , added a little cals grease to the metal washers too, I added some extra grease to the carbontex washers too. The drag improved now ... but something is weird with the retrieve, its "heavier" I have to make a bigger effort in order to turn the handle of the reel and...
by Ngoles
Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:30 pm
Forum: Maintenance & SuperTuning Q&A
Topic: Installed carbontex drag washers?
Replies: 8
Views: 3754

Re: Installed carbontex drag washers?

Do I have to put a thick coat of cals grease on the carbontex washers? ( one like in the picture of the Shimano Curado rebuild ( http://www.tackletour.com/articlereelma ... urado.html ) ??

Do I have to add cals grease to the metalwashers too???
by Ngoles
Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:01 pm
Forum: Maintenance & SuperTuning Q&A
Topic: Installed carbontex drag washers?
Replies: 8
Views: 3754

Installed carbontex drag washers?

Hi guys , I replaced the factory washers of my Daiwa Millionaire SW203 with carbontex drag washers. My question is , how should I notice better performance ??? I needed more strength to steal line from the reel after adding the carbontex washers than now... I don't know if that's right... I thought ...
by Ngoles
Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:25 am
Forum: Tackle
Topic: abu record vs daiwa luna ?????
Replies: 6
Views: 3543

Re: abu record vs daiwa luna ?????

I made myself the same question a couple of months ago... I was looking at the 253 luna. I finally bought a Daiwa 203SW , its like a luna but made in japan, 1 extra bearing , and made for saltwater, so its very resistant... If I havent found that reel, I would have bought a Daiwa Luna 253 Just my 2 ...
by Ngoles
Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:51 am
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: To levelwind or not to levelwind
Replies: 10
Views: 6569

Re: To levelwind or not to levelwind

As Gun Doc said above, if you plan to retrieve a lot after you cast... like you do with lures... levelwind is my way to go. if you are just planning to let it sit, then go with no levelwind. Levelwind does cost some casting distance, and a really big fish can destroy a levelwind too. ( That's why yo...
by Ngoles
Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:52 pm
Forum: Maintenance & SuperTuning Q&A
Topic: How to disassemble the EAS in Daiwa Millionaire? (big images
Replies: 4
Views: 2254

Re: How to disassemble the EAS in Daiwa Millionaire? (big im

that seems to be pretty easy , I will have to buy a good plier, since I don't have a small one... not that small , Tomorrow I will be traveling to Argentina to see my girlfriend, so I won't be at home for like 12 days :) As soon as I get back, ill buy the plier and remove the piece :D ( ill post pho...
by Ngoles
Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:09 pm
Forum: Maintenance & SuperTuning Q&A
Topic: How to disassemble the EAS in Daiwa Millionaire? (big images
Replies: 4
Views: 2254

Re: How to disassemble the EAS in Daiwa Millionaire? (big im

#88 is easy to get out, but #6 , I can't figure it out... could you explain in detail ? :(

Thanks!
by Ngoles
Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:43 pm
Forum: Maintenance & SuperTuning Q&A
Topic: How to disassemble the EAS in Daiwa Millionaire? (big images
Replies: 4
Views: 2254

How to disassemble the EAS in Daiwa Millionaire? (big images

hi guys, I have a daiwa Millionaire SW203L .... I was wondering how to disassemble the EAS sideplate, I need to clean it well... but I don't have any idea of how to disarm it... Here is the reel schematic http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7528/sw203lschemens0.jpg http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/...
by Ngoles
Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:25 am
Forum: Show and Tell
Topic: 11-25 I went for flounder
Replies: 5
Views: 2514

Re: 11-25 I went for flounder

maybe it's a different kind of flounder that the one we fish here in Chile. It was actually a very fat fish.
by Ngoles
Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:25 pm
Forum: Show and Tell
Topic: 11-25 I went for flounder
Replies: 5
Views: 2514

Re: 11-25 I went for flounder

I was like 5 pounds :D , my biggest one . ( Just started fishing flounder this year )
by Ngoles
Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:30 pm
Forum: Show and Tell
Topic: 11-25 I went for flounder
Replies: 5
Views: 2514

11-25 I went for flounder

Hi guys, I went for flounder yesterday... I just got one ... but it was a nice one :) http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/6006/mefloundervo6.th.jpg http://img285.imageshack.us/img285/6432/flounder2fx3.th.jpg http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/581/meflounder2oy7.th.jpg PS: I am not as fat as that thir...
by Ngoles
Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:56 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Fishing Store in SanFrancisco ?
Replies: 8
Views: 3466

Re: Fishing Store in SanFrancisco ?

Great, I will be in Palo Alto, but I will probably rent a car or somethig. I like to go to san jose to spend a day from time to time. So thank you very much for your input :)
by Ngoles
Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:54 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Fishing Store in SanFrancisco ?
Replies: 8
Views: 3466

Re: Fishing Store in SanFrancisco ?

Are you from san francisco cal ?

If anyone knows some other store, with fly fishing equipment, it would be great too! :D
by Ngoles
Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:22 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Fishing Store in SanFrancisco ?
Replies: 8
Views: 3466

Fishing Store in SanFrancisco ?

Hi guys , I am from Chile but I will be traveling to San Francisco for Christmas... does anyone know of a good fishing store there? I think I will buy a fly fishing rod and reel, and who knows ... maybe the monkey will get me ! :P

Help me please :D