Originally Posted by monopas

And there are no new parts available for these Pfaffs. You can sometimes find replacement bobbin cases, but the plastic bits and switches not so much. The power button is very problematic. We were lucky to have a Pfaff SM guy with a donor machine a few years ago, but we use a plug strip to turn it off and on and leave the power button alone. We also keep it unplugged unless using it because if the circuit board gets damaged, there is one guy who makes replacements, but he has a waitlist and it isn't cheap. The cleated belt slips a little on our SE when rotating the (yipes plastic!) wheel by hand, but it runs fine. Which is good because you can't get the cleated belts either, though I think there used to be someone who custom made them.

They are great machines and sturdy, but if something breaks it might not be fixable. Those "parts only" people are probably telling the truth, and it really wouldn't be worth it to them to shell out the $100+ to buy a power cord/foot control because it wouldn't increase the selling price enough.

There's a $5.00 one on auction site right now that the seller is lying about, but probably through ignorance. That foot control is NOT original or it is not the machine they claim it is (all info on the machine is covered up), and I doubt the machine will be fixable anyway. On the other hand someone else wants $200.00 for one that they know is barely even a parts machine, no foot control in the photos and the extension bed is missing.