penn 113h full accurate conversion

alantani · 03-15-2007, 11:08 AM

this is not a rebuild post, but just a short post to show off a little. a guy sent over a beautiful old 113h with an accurate frame and side plate kit. it's been a while since i put one of these together.

they're really not hard to do, just a little tedious. still, it's rare for me to find one already put together that doesn't have some small issue, a screw in the wrong place, or something. i wanted this one to be perfect! so the bearings were all lubed, all the screw holes and non-exposed metal surfaces had a light coating of grease, used all stainless hex head screws for the side plate, switched out the brass yoke for a stainless steel one that i had left over, shimmed the gear sleeve, greased the drag washers and installed an oversized pete kolekar handle on a penn international 30 arm.

i checked the drag on a scale and broke the line at 25#'s. this reel will easily fish straight 50# mono at 15#'s of drag, or straight 60# mono at 18#'s of drag. it also had 30 seconds of freespool after just a gentle spin. it's a little tight right now, but will loosen up nicely after a couple of albacore or yellowfin tuna. yes, it's old school, but i still believe that, for what it costs and what it does, the penn 113h remains the best value on the market today.

oh, and bob, your reel is ready......

AJ hunter · 03-16-2007, 09:07 PM

I'd love to build one of those. Too bad it is hard to find accuplates and frames that are reasonably priced now. I heard the converversion compares favorably to an international.

Mitchw123456 · 03-16-2007, 09:12 PM

yeap for the price it takes to convert one now-a-days you might as well buy a new 2 speed

03-15-2007, 11:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
alantani Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: saratoga, ca Posts: 151	penn 113h full accurate conversion this is not a rebuild post, but just a short post to show off a little. a guy sent over a beautiful old 113h with an accurate frame and side plate kit. it's been a while since i put one of these together. they're really not hard to do, just a little tedious. still, it's rare for me to find one already put together that doesn't have some small issue, a screw in the wrong place, or something. i wanted this one to be perfect! so the bearings were all lubed, all the screw holes and non-exposed metal surfaces had a light coating of grease, used all stainless hex head screws for the side plate, switched out the brass yoke for a stainless steel one that i had left over, shimmed the gear sleeve, greased the drag washers and installed an oversized pete kolekar handle on a penn international 30 arm. i checked the drag on a scale and broke the line at 25#'s. this reel will easily fish straight 50# mono at 15#'s of drag, or straight 60# mono at 18#'s of drag. it also had 30 seconds of freespool after just a gentle spin. it's a little tight right now, but will loosen up nicely after a couple of albacore or yellowfin tuna. yes, it's old school, but i still believe that, for what it costs and what it does, the penn 113h remains the best value on the market today. oh, and bob, your reel is ready...... Last edited by alantani : 03-16-2007 at 10:01 PM.

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03-16-2007, 09:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
AJ hunter Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 38	I'd love to build one of those. Too bad it is hard to find accuplates and frames that are reasonably priced now. I heard the converversion compares favorably to an international.

03-16-2007, 09:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mitchw123456 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 167	yeap for the price it takes to convert one now-a-days you might as well buy a new 2 speed

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