Originally Posted by
jljack
YIKES Jan!!! What a challenge you have taken on!!!
Another day of PB Blaster, poking in the overhead shaft (where it says Singer) with a keyhole saw to break up the bug nests that were like concrete and some careful "persuasion" with a pipe wrench, the 127 is now unstuck and turning. I kept adding clean oil and finally got it to where I could put the wheel back on and turn it nicely. Now it is soaking in the kerosene until Thursday when hopefully the weather will be warm enough that I can clean it and take it out. There was so much filth and grit, just nasty. I got so tired of bug remains falling out, but at least they were all dead. We will see what I can do with it. I will need a shuttle and bobbin before it can be sewn with.
Texas Jan
(to be continued)