Dog Springs

I have come to the conclusion that Penn Dog Springs are evil hell spawn devices created to drive me mad.  I had posted my brother-in law gave me a bunch of old Penn Reels and one Ocaen City.  After reading several of Alan Tani's posts I looked at it and said, hmm I can handle this. So I ordered some drag disks and metal washers and set about taking apart the Del Mar 285. Old and dirty but nothing impossible. I clean it up and put it back together again, and zing there goes the dog spring, I find it, zing there it goes again, thrid attempt lost forever.  So next I try the 155, I have to say whoever said use "CLR" was right on the money, I let the corroded parts soak in and it came out great, lube it up and put it back together again and kaping (different style spring, so different noise) and now that spring is gone forever ( I have a dark carpet, crappy eyesight and when something hits the floor  that small, forget it), I crawl around for half an hour before I call thesearch over and realise it is a $.75 spring.  So I take a look at all the reels look up the part numbers and order about 3-4 of each. I know this sounds stupid, but I believe in Murphy's law, and the one thing I know for certain, if I have a glut of springs I will never lose another because I have so many spares, because Murphy said so.  Next time I will lose some other little part but it won't be a dog spring.

Alan if your out there, you have Zen patience to deal with those damn dog springs day in and day out!  By the way, any chance you have a pic or two of how to put in those 155 Beachmaster Dog Springs?  They are kind of funky, the one I took out was bent in half, the replacement ones come straight.

pull a bunch of magnets from your fridge & sweep the area.  I have a sweep magnet (like a broom on wheels with a strong magnet) because I am constantly dropping stuff.  Works even better

Reel overhauls in the white porcelain bath tub, dry, with a plug in the drain. Don't let your wife walk in on you.

okay, not really recommending that.