a few ultra-rare items - spares - for the Mitchell 308 turned up and I wonder if we shouldn't collect and get them. Per unit it is a NOS main drive gear and the bearing package. They are addressed with the year of manufacture as there are reels with brass main drive gear and those of aluminum. I think it would be best to check your serial number for the reel's year. These spares are coming from Italy so to collect and share postage costs might be a good idea. Please get in contact with me if you are interested. I'd offer to take and collect the orders (and money of course) and will send them over to one of you in the UK to send them further to the purchaser.
brass main drive: part # 82807 + 82793 declared for Mitchell 358 and 408 (year: 1978) but they are straight cut so may have a different gear ratio (4 available) 27€ p.p.
aluminum main drive: Mitchell 308 (1969/71) 81303 + 81311 (3 available) 25€ p.p.
aluminum main drive: Mitchell 308 (1976/78) 82424 + 81311 (6 available) 25€ p.p.
Can anyone tell the difference between part 81303 and 82424 ??
Just found the Mitchell reel Museum page is still affected by Malware so we can't check for serial number / year of manufacture. But as each unit contains of the main drive gear AND bearing there shouldn't be a problem. These are expensive items but I guess and maybe Nobby agrees here these spares are about to be the last ones in time.
Edit: you can see the Mitchell parts here named Garcia Mitchell 308 so guess these are the newer versions in need of 81303:
http://www.cimcom.ca/Zebco/308view.jpg
and here with part 82424 (guess these are the older versions?)
http://www.networkdimension.com/gm308parts.htm
Please note: part 81303 has a knurled nut to fix the rotor while 82424 has a brass nut so a check with your reel may shed some light on which one you'd need.
