sorry for reviving this old post. For anyone after Mitchell spares in the UK, I know of two plus one in france 1/ https://jimsreelshop.co.uk james partridge knows a lot about mitchell reels and has also wrote books on the subject 2/ https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trkparms=folent%3Ametalmicky1944...

i got a 208 that had a badly bent handle and the knob screw had sheared off. Everyone told be it could not be but me being me decided to try and straighten it. Anyway i mounted it in a vice and carefully warmed it up using my electric blow torch. I then bit by bit carefully bent the handle back repe...

sorry for a late reply on the subject but i have recently been experimenting with oils and greases on the 300 type gears. I recenly service a pair of 440 matches using my normal grease (ACF50 corrosion block) which normally gives no concern . I then noticed the reels were stiff to turn and this was ...

for what its worth, some people will be wondering what colour matches the blue models. I have just restored a couple of 440 matches. I wanted a good match so i went to my local car paint shop to see if i could find a match. Well i got lucky. The closest i could find is a RAL colour. it is called gre...

I have just purchased a Mitchell 606. Apparently this is a rare model. How do I tell what year it was made as it does not have a letter prefix before the serial number. According to the model list if the reel was made between 1964 to 74 there were 33272 made but if it was made between 84 & 85 on...

I have a 600 series multiplier with no name plate on it. I am unable to find out what model it is. What i do know is the gap between the inner side of the plates is 42mm and has a diameter of 72mm. Each side plate has 2 chrome trims. the spool is plastic. My guess is a 602A or 602AP Whats the differ...

There does appear that there are a few sources for this part. However, I had seen somewhere that these "Fereodo drag plates" never wear out but can crack. Have not found a carbon fiber or other substitute for this piece. You should be able to buy a loose carbontex drag washer in the corre...

i have 4 original service manuals that i have scanned and made into a pdf file. if you want them send me your email address in a PM and i will email you to them. they are too large to upload to the forum as they are up to 19mb in size

I have four original mitchell service manuals. the years are 1975, 1984, 1991 & 1995. They cover Galion reels as well. I have scanned them all in high resolution and loaded the scans into microsoft word. I then saved the file as a PDF. If anyone is interested i can upload them to the member. i w...

i got one of the first K reg 300 models