Originally Posted by
Vnuss02
I have a Kenmore Sensor Sew 70 Model 385. The machine sews in reverse. Does anyone have any idea how I would fix this?
Unfortunately, that machine has a computer board. Like Leon says "Machines with computers can do all sorts of weirdness." Mechanical machines, particularly all metal ones, are different as usually it is a matter of cleaning, oiling and sometimes a whole lot of patience. I have the Necchi Logica, which is similar. I had gotten a manual for the Sensor Sew and while some of the controls were similar, I ended up getting a Logica manual so that I could figure out the controls. I found a couple of different manuals for the Sensor Sew 70. One is
https://c.searspartsdirect.com/mmh/p...M/L0801724.pdf and the other is
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/50...ore-19502.html (I think they are the same thing.)
It looks like there are two buttons near the bottom of the panel. One is for
Reverse and the other for
Auto-Lock which would do reverse stitches. You might press one or both a few times and see if it changes anything. Also, if you change the stitch length, does it actually do that? Have you tried some of the other decorative stitches? I'm guessing that you have tried turning it off and back on again?
For the Necchi Logica machines the difference is a speed setting or a needle up/down setting. I'm not positive of the differences in the Sensor Sews are, but they were built for Sears by Necchi.
There is a thread about the Sensor Sew 100 at
Warning: Not Vintage, but the Weird Machine has arrived. I was thinking he did another one about the 100 but couldn't find it.
Good luck.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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