Originally Posted by
quiltingweb
I also bought a Singer at the estate sale. A Singer Stylist 457. ..but it has a squeak. I wanted to oil anything that was metal against metal before I did too much.
I was cleaning and oiling a Singer 185j, last week, and when I was done oiling everything that looked like it moved I plugged it in and started running it. It sounded like an animal was dying in there, the squeal was so loud. I finally narrowed down where the noise was coming from, added a couple of drops of oil and after that....no more squeal. You just have to put your ear near the machine to see if you can figure out the general area of where the squeak is coming from. Good luck on it.
I have a Stylist from 1975 that I used for many, many years. I had such nostalgic feelings for it that I couldn't bear to get rid of it. I still have it and I also started collection vintage machines almost 3 yrs ago. It won't be long before you find yourself with another beauty...heh heh heh....we are all enablers on here BTW!!
