Originally Posted by tlpa
What a great site! I have a question on a featherweight I picked up not too long ago. It has a beautiful stitch, and would love to use it more but one problem is the motor smokes. I don't know if its from grease...or??? Can I open up the motor to see if there is a problem? Or is this something that needs to be checked by the pros? It doesn't take too long to start smoking, then I don't dare use it any more.
Thanks so much!
It sounds like somebody put oil rather than Singer lube in the motor. Make sure you take it to somebody that knows how to fix Featherweights.