Sew, here are the pics...the first is of the tension...one nearly flat metal piece on top with a bend on the left. Pic 2 is the needle bar that goes up and down and looks to me as though the thread goes through it, also. Three is the face plate which has a bar at top right that moves back and forth horizontally, a broken thread guide to the left of the bar, and at the bottom another thread guide. Then on the presser foot bar there is another thread guide (I think). It is on the left of the bar just behind the needle. What do you all think? The wear pattern on the face plate makes me believe the thread comes off the top from the needle bar and goes behind the little horizontal bar, straight down to the bottom thread guide. But that could be deceiving.