Originally Posted by J Miller

I've finally got my Kenmore 120-49 up and running. Or so I thought. I got the tension problems fixed and have been sewing on heavy cotton scraps (kind of like light canvas) and denim and the machine is working great.
So good I figured it was time to rewire it and get rid of the bad wiring. I did that today and wanted to show my wife what I'd done. So with her standing there I grabbed a piece of fleece and tried to sew on it. It sews fine on denim and folded over light canvas, but the top thread won't pick up the bobbin when I tried to sew on the fleece.
I've never had this problem.
The tension no doubt needs fine tuning, but to not stitch at all???????????

Double checked the threading -OK

Top thread picks up the bobbin thread and it sews on denim and canvas, but not fleece.

Tomorrow I'll dig out the owners manual, but I am bamboozled at this.

Joe