Originally Posted by pamroman

well.. there is a happy ending after all.

I took your advice this morning, and directed hot air from a blow drier into the top of the opened machine, hoping to heat up the metal.

As I worked on this, prodding the switch and gears from time to time, I suddenly was able to see from that vantage point that something was very slightly out of alignment.. grabbed the screwdriver and with just a quarter of a turn of the screw... *plink* .... every one slid back easily into place.... and then I remembered when I first time opened the box the machine top was ajar slightly. So who knows, it might have been jostled. In the mean time, I have a honey of a machine that purrs b/c of the cleaning, oiling, petting, and buffing that I did in an effort to fix the modifier switch problem. haha!