Hi everyone,
I put a new motor on it because I'm new to vintage machines (I have a couple of 70s/80s Kenmores but this one is so much older, 1956 I think) and was nervous about the wiring. I still have the old motor, and it just sounds so much... well, older. I was worried about the poor thing. I can pop it back on there and see how it sits. I'll upload a photo of what it looks like now, as soon as I figure out how to do that (new to this board, too!).
This is a generic motor -- an Alphasew, 0.9 amp. Can I safely try to bend it? And how? I can try with my bare hands, but I have about as much arm strength as you'd expect from a barely-over-100-pounds skinny little school teacher. I could recruit my husband, I suppose.
Thanks for bearing with the newbie!
Ila