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Step 11:
More tea... this is where it gets tricky. You have to put it all back. The tension pin goes in the post. Does it slide well? If there is a drop or so of dried up oil it can keep that tension from working properly. Clean the pin and the inside of the post. I used a tooth pick wet with some alcohol for the inside of the post. I just wiped the pin with alcohol on a rag for the pin.

Step 12:
Put the tension spring (the spring with the long thingy for thread to go through) in it's can. These are directional. The bulk of the spring goes around the post. Some spring ends go around the post some go under it, some hook in a groove. Anyway put the post and spring in the can like you got it out. You will need to put the screws that hold the post and can in. The spring arm should point down. When you pull it up it will have some tension on the spring to make it pull the thread. The can thing has some cut out place - it should look like the letter C. Did you note how it was adjusted by the screws when you took it apart. Tammi or somebody who writes more technical might have a good explanation of this some time. You can also look at the TFSR manual for the Singer instructions.

The picture failed to show up. I'll try to post a pic later on. The tension spring on one of the MWs was bent. It was scrubbing on the face plate - you can sort of see the marks in the pic on the right. It also had a little bit part installed in the wrong order. It has been corrected but I will need to replace the spring. I bet it didn't sew very well. I will continue later on maybe pictures....