Okay, I am making good progress; the foot pedal is now fully in business! Also I greased and oiled the motor in just the right spots and it sounds -much- better. As well, I changed the belt to a rubber noodle belt. I know that the V-belts are said to be better, but the v-belt, although new, was causing so much resistance and buzzing and it just would not start nicely. It seemed fat and inflexible. Somehow, with this rubber noodley belt, it runs quite nicely!
Now, Mike was right; the timing is off. Following is a picture, and I would REALLY be grateful for assistance in adjusting this. I think I am just really tired and overloaded, because for some reason -nothing- is coming intuitively to me these past few days. I am also feeling a great deal of pressure, as I have promised this machine to a girl on Monday! Yikes!
Thank you in advance if you are able to help me solve the following:
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p.s. Wow, that photo shows what dust has collected since I cleaned this up last autumn!!!! Must get the toothbrush out again... ;-)