Originally Posted by cjomomma
That sounds odd. I don't know why that would be there or atleast i have never heard of anything like that. Have you tried runnung your machine to see if it is running better now? I have found things inside my machine that has had me boggled at times. I think there is goblin that does it just to confuse me.
I did get the wick back in and it seems to be running OK now, but I still have that thumping sound so I'm going to change the needle as so many other members suggested.