Search Google for your reel model and the word 'cleaning' Or even search Youtube. All spinning reels are virtually the same, you should be able to find something in order to put it back together.
Like I said before, check the coil. A simple resistance test is all that's needed. These go on the VWs and people spend way too much money swapping compressors when a $35 coil would have solved the problem.
If you're also catching walleyes at the same time, I don't see what the CO can do. If you're doing nothing but catching OOS bass, you're a dumbass, lol.
I'd probably end up being charged with vehicular manslaughter I've spent enough time doing the Barrie > Toronto commute to have lost most of my patience.
Dara, which motor did you think you bought and which one did you actually get? I'm kinda confused that you thought the TM had autopilot and it actually doesn't.
Blower/Vacs are the best. You ever try to rake up 1 billion of these things? (I've got 2 maple trees on my property, lol!). The vac sucks them up and mulches them, basically turns them into dust. One of my fav yard tools for sure.