Originally Posted by
miriam
A cam is not essential.
Your selector is probably frozen up at the posts - dried up oil inside. I have found that oil and heat are not enough some times. I've had to use solvent on some machines. You do have to push in or pull out to make the stitch selector knobs turn. Check your manual.
Yes thanks. I have the manual and am following it. This machine seems very clean to me and I wonder how often it was ever even oiled. Will give the tri flow and heat some time and then go with the solvent. Does that go on the inside or on the outside dials?