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Carolina Rebel
09-27-2007, 04:10 AM
A buddy of mine picked up a Penn 920 Levelmatic for cheap, and I got it from him for 3 boxes of premium 7.69x39 bullets and a case of his favorite beer, Milwaukee's Best (kid you not). The reel's a little rough, as the guy who had it before my buddy had no idea what the reel was and it sat for several years dormant in a garage. I can fix it up, I'm not too worried about that, but are there any issues I should know of with this reel? I can't find too much information on it online, but it seems really solid, almost like Penn's answer to a 5500 Ambassadeur.

Dyhard
09-27-2007, 11:57 PM
A buddy of mine picked up a Penn 920 Levelmatic for cheap, and I got it from him for 3 boxes of premium 7.69x39 bullets and a case of his favorite beer, Milwaukee's Best (kid you not). The reel's a little rough, as the guy who had it before my buddy had no idea what the reel was and it sat for several years dormant in a garage. I can fix it up, I'm not too worried about that, but are there any issues I should know of with this reel? I can't find too much information on it online, but it seems really solid, almost like Penn's answer to a 5500 Ambassadeur.

This is a excelent reel. I bought one for my wife about 25 years ago and she still lands some pretty nice Red Drum and Flounder with it.
Clean, inspect and oil it'll serve you a long time.
It is ideal for braid.

Redhorse
09-28-2007, 09:29 AM
Got one and love it...solid little reel. Started out as a muskie reel, goes to the beach with me every time I hit the coast, catfishin at the river couple times a year, and next week it will be pulling in Salmon for the second time up in Michigan. I've been using it for 8 yrs now.

Rockfish1
09-28-2007, 12:56 PM
it's a work horse... I bought one right after they came out and never regretted a moment of the time I've spent with it...

Honey Hole
09-28-2007, 05:00 PM
GREAT little reel... the only drawback I've see is the low gear ratio/retrieval rate.

clip44
10-06-2007, 01:08 AM
Hi,
Just noticed your post about rebuilding a Penn 910/920. Just wondered how it worked out. I am
attempting to rebuild a Penn 910/920/930 and 940 and I am having a heck of a time rebuilding them. I used Alan Tani's great tutorials on rebuilding the Penn 113H/114H and 500 Jigmaster and had no problems, but these little baitcasters are giving me fits. The schematics are of no help. In particular, I can't seem to figure out how to reinstall the eccentric jack. Any suggestions you may have on your venture would be greatly appreciated.
Andy