Originally Posted by
OurWorkbench
I hope I can explain enough to help. Years ago I read a website that told about how to clean out and get the throat plate position bracket to work correctly. Evidently this is a common problem with this type of machine. If you have the manual in pdf format from singerco for the 503, it has diagrams of the upper part on page 14. I don't have my 503 where I can get to it easily. There are three positions for that lever. I wonder if the underside of the lever over to the throat plate lifters may need some more attention. Do you have three distinct stops? Perhaps what you think is the correct position for darning is the position for removing the plate.
I darned one of my socks with my 301 and a darning spring and the stocking darner. I really liked it as the slant needle was in a position that you could easily see what you are doing.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
Thank you Janey. I do have the manual and checked out pg 14. I spent a bit of time last night trying to see if I was indeed moving the lever to the "remove" position there by bypassing the "Darn" position. I need to spend more time today to see if this is still the case. I was looking under the machine thinking that something might need to be adjusted such as a linkage or something. I ran out of decent lighting last night to do this. But this might have to wait because I have wall hangings to finish, but I will get back to the 503's FMQ possibilities.
Thanks
Brigid