I have become obsessed with picking up old machines and getting them running. Pretty soon, I won't have room to sleep. I bought one recently that is a Nelco 2448. When I opened her up, she really looked complicated on top. I cleaned, oiled, and greased and got everything moving.
when I opened the bottom, there was a smaller plate on the lest hand side. I took this plate off and there was a piece of thin plastic outlining the plate. There was also the biggest honk on funky grease...like an inch tall and maybe 1.5X1.5 big. It had intentions where the gears were. I took it out and cleaned the gears. Is this supposed to be in there and where do you get it if it is? It was almost all black except for the left side which was the Goldie color of the singer grease. I have not been able to research much on this machine. Any help would be so appreciated.