Originally Posted by
miriam
99s usually can be coaxed into to working. I have one that came off the punkin truck that needs a needle bar and the bits that hold it on - nose job I'd say.... I'm betting it had a stuck needle bar and someone tried to force it. I have parts off a 285 or what ever it was and the parts don't quite match up.
I learned the hard way about forcing it. I know the needlebar and linkage are the same on older and newer 99s. My daughter's machine is a 1952(?) model 99K with reverse and the needlebar I used to replace it came from a 1929(?) 99 with no reverse. I may be off a year or two on them. It's been more than 5 minutes since I checked their serial numbers. The biggest difference I found inside the nose is 1 of the screws holding the linkages together is different.
Rodney