Free Singer 500A is a pain
06-16-2013, 10:50 AM
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Tammi,
Just watched your videos from the thread Miriam linked to. Honestly I've done all that several times, but I did enjoy the videos.
Now I've got to go wiggle the pieces on my machine and see if they do what they are supposed to do.
Joe
Just watched your videos from the thread Miriam linked to. Honestly I've done all that several times, but I did enjoy the videos.
Now I've got to go wiggle the pieces on my machine and see if they do what they are supposed to do.
Joe
06-16-2013, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by miriam
Was the cam stack seated all the way down?
I got the offending parts freed up. I should remember to listen to Miriam when she tells me what to do. She was right the whole time. I ended up using break clean on the horizontal plungers as I manually moved the needle bar back and forth. It took a bit of doing but the break cleaner did what the other things I tried didn't.
Now I'm gonna hose all the innards with break clean to get rid of all the old oil. Then start from scratch with Tri-Flow.
Joe
06-16-2013, 04:34 PM
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I have spent 8 or more hours on one of those stacks and then only made a few dollars for my time. It's why I like the 403 and the 503 better - I've never had one of those all gunked up like the 401 or the 500. I sure wonder what they were using for oil back in the day. When that stuff sets it sets up like glue.
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