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Only do it if you want to ruin a good reel.  The other point to make is lever drags are not really god for winching unless you are winching in way below their weight class .... to do that you generally have to wind the drag up and that kills the bearings.  I know people will say they use them for that but I get the end results on my bench and it breaks them!

Once you start magging the larger reels it can become a bit counter productive as with the big heavy spools you tend to need such a strong field to hold the initial surge of the reel that the mags smother the reel for the rest of the cast and it feels like the lead is dragging your granny behind it.  I know the yanks, Aussies and South Africans mag some big old reels but I think many of them use it as a sort of background braking to help the thumb cope .... and I take some of the casting distances claimed (with large shark bait attached) with a pinch of salt.

There isn't much room in the left side of most Lever Drags (TLDs included) for a multi magnet setup and a monomag won't be much good without a bigger magnet (again space is an issue) so if you are set on it I would try a static setup .... that can be as basic as glueing a few magnets inside the left side plate .... add a number of small magnets and find what works best by trial and error.