Featherweight wiring
I picked up another featherweight at an estate sale yesterday. Somehow it made it to 1/2 price day even though it was even pictured in the Craigslist ad. So of course I had to rescue it. I cleaned and old/lubed it last night and it runs perfectly. The issue is the wiring. It came with a different foot pedal that is hardwired into the machine. The bottom of the male receptacle is broken and the wires are stuck through and hooked directly to the machine. It looks ugly and I don't like it, lol. The plug is still wired to the removable female piece. It's weird.
My gut is to fix it and put it back. I have a spare set of wires already connected to a new plug. Sooooo any reasons you can think of why I shouldn't put it back to rights? Should I try to find a bake light pedal or is the replacement decent enough?