Mickey2

A service is easily a $100 around here, depending upon what type of work it is. Price is still on the reasonable side :- )

For the 66: When I have taken over one of these cast iron things, I have sometimes had to clean and oil for up to four days before it ran smoothly. There really wasn't anything wrong, just frozen up and sluggish by dried up oil and grime. I have made it a habit to oil every where every day, even twice a day for a week at least. I run the machine for a couple of minutes now and then too, test sew and try it out. At the end of the week I have often wiped up a second round of brown oil with grime and what not, it has sort seeped out of the inners of joints, hinges and gears. After this first period of tentative oiling and cleaning, the oil tends to remain clear and clean, and I have taken it as a sign the inner most nooks and crannies of the machine are too. You notice as the machine will run smoother and smoother.

After that I get more relaxed about it. I just live with the side effects of over oil in the beginning, for the 66 you have to be carefull and mop up excess oil behind the faceplate and down the needle bar and presser foot bar if you plan to sew anything. I fuzz a bit with oil and have turned to Triflow. Some treadle mechanisms have oil points especially made for oil, some are made to be greased. I have never had a threadle my self, just test driven a few I don't know much about what's under the table, mostly the upper part. Model 66 is made to run on oil, so no worry about grease. Cleaning and oiling is a never ending project, it's shocking how fluff and lint can gather under the needle plate!