Well, it is very hard to get anybody to work on the old machines. Most of it is clean up inside and out. Then getting the fine points. You can see 200 - 300 machines and never see some of the stuff we help people fix on here. Most sewing repairmen only see the new machines these days - it's where the money is but it is a different world. If you were to take a machine in for repairs they want an arm and a leg to fix one. It is no wonder people think a machine is worth a bunch of money when they go to sell one - that is if they had it worked on. Pure and simple you can get a machine fairly cheap - if you pay to fix it the machine was no longer a cheap machine no matter what had to be done. If you work on it and it works - it is no longer a cheap machine. People don't know the difference between one that needs work and one that has been thoroughly cleaned and adjusted and in working order. Some of the little shops try to charge high prices for the machines and for the repairs but people are reluctant to buy the old machines at a high price. Then some of the repairmen WON'T work on the older machines or they charge so much they think they can sell you a new machine. OK so that leaves working on a machine yourself doesn't it? If you aren't all that mechanical it might be worth spending money on having someone do it for you. It truly would be on the older machines. They are so much simpler and more reliable.