Hello Caroline, I also have one of these odd ball machines ,it is the machine in my avatar. the oil is in a small pan in the bottom of this machine ,it is wicked to oil the machine. and it is a good machine it sews a perfict stitch and is easy to use. could you please send me the place where you found the manuel. i could not use the knee part of it was missing ,so we put the foot control on it it runs just fine.