Rod builders help!

[Imgoodatwhatido]

I am warming up to the idea of building my own rods and already have my first blank picked out. I haven't had the $ to buy the wrapper I want since I just shelled out $ for 4 new rods an 6 new reels that I NEEDED. Meanwhile, I have a old Quantum fishin' system crankin' rod that I absolutely LOVE. Well the other day on the water I had a crankbait reel lose about 50 feet of line when I casted. The line broke and my crankbait goes flyin. Good thing it was a floater. I had a spare reel so I took that reel off an replaced it. When I was crankin the replacement reel down on the seat of the rod the seat cracked ALLL TO PIECES. MADE ME SICK!!!! Now this rod looks like it just came off the shelf even though its probably 20 years old or more. It has double foot guides all the way up the blank and they are in EXCELLENT shape so I dont wanna tear the whole rod down and re-wrap it. Can i put a new real seat and grips on it from the butt end of the rod? I was going to use a minima seat and i know that i may have to build a small arbor, but do you fellas think this can be done. Also I plan on using foam grips. Im in love with this rod i sure would hate to have to tear the whole thing down