Originally Posted by
treadlecrazy
...... push in on just the black number dial, releasing it from the pin that holds it in place. While the number dial is still pushed in, turn it until the desired number (usually 4) is on top, then release it, making sure the pin goes into one of the holes on the number dial.
and this is ALSO what folks do to skew their numbers by accident and then wonder why their tension is all over the place... (I got two different machines donated to me from the same person, for the same reason, before we figured out what she was doing....)
Side note: Changing a 201-2 to treadle!!!! woah... I wouldn't even do that... But I would turn it into a mean handcrank.....