Originally Posted by jljack
Originally Posted by missgigglewings
I received free, an older metal, Montgomery Ward sewing machine. It looks great but the gears are frozen. A repair man has had it soaking in something for over a month and is giving it back to me. It is still frozen but he said it would cost over 200.00 to take apart the gears and fix it to run. The motor hums along, so I know it is ok. Anyone have any ides about this little problem! I like the machine because you can drop the feed dogs, it is nice and clean and there is no rust.
Picture? What year was it? It may be too "plastic" to be worth fixing.
The man who tried to un-stick the gears said in the 50's this was top of the line. It is all metal and weighs about 40 lbs. I would never mess with a plastic machine that didn't work...Unless it was "real purdy"!!