Sorry everyone, I am a couple days behind in reading all the posts, but Candace I got the 260 back out and tried sewing with the knee control using the cord from the Sterling.
I thought about it all night and it just had me more and more confused because as you know the foot/knee control is what changes/controls speed. I thought about what the guy from A-1 Sewing said and it didn't make sense to me the more I thought about it. Anyway, I got the machine out this morning and tried sewing with the cord from the Sterling and the knee control. It sews just fine, which makes more sense when you think about the fact that the resistors in the knee control are what causes the speed to change depending on how hard you push down. Now I am more confused - I know we are all learning but you'd think a sewing repair guy would know what he was talking about?
I tried taking some more photos of the underside, but I can't follow the white cord all the way without taking the machine apart. The blue cord goes from the plug to the light and motor. The white cord, which is what the knee control is attached to must go to the plug too - I can't follow it all the way in.[ATTACH=CONFIG]344819[/ATTACH] I still see no need for the slanted/wonky side of the plug. I will try to get the correct cord, but I don't see what it does unless the knee control and the foot pedal are wired differently? I would like to get a true foot pedal and correct cord and see if it even works with the knee control hard wired into that plug?
Nancy