Thank you CD! I think I have it figured out. The silver lever to move the needle position is loosening up by fractional amounts daily. I was able to speak with someone who had the same problem and they advised me it is a piece that is very slow to loosen up and to just keep working it. I rigged up a suicide cord to the motor and found out it's good so I have a cord on the way.
I am shocked no one in your area has jumped at the chance to buy a Pfaff 130. It's a great machine and I was dying to own one. Maybe you would have better luck selling it if you put a motor on it? For me, it's a POWER machine. When I've watched videos on YouTube of them running full out, it almost makes me dizzy! Oh don't part it out. Unless you have the coffee grinder? Do you?
