Mercury Electric Dial-O-Matic, picture heavy
09-06-2012, 02:01 PM
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Caroline,
This is gonna sound like I'm trying to be a "know it all" which I'm not, but the only SM motors I know of that use grease as lube are Singers. If you pull a motor like that one apart you'll usually find a felt washer surrounding a bronze bushing. The felt holds the oil in the bushing area as the bushing absorbs it.
If your motor gets hot enough the grease might melt into the bushings ... "if" it's not Tri-Flow. If it is get as much out as you can and oil it with sewing machine oil. I'd oil it anyway.
Joe
This is gonna sound like I'm trying to be a "know it all" which I'm not, but the only SM motors I know of that use grease as lube are Singers. If you pull a motor like that one apart you'll usually find a felt washer surrounding a bronze bushing. The felt holds the oil in the bushing area as the bushing absorbs it.
If your motor gets hot enough the grease might melt into the bushings ... "if" it's not Tri-Flow. If it is get as much out as you can and oil it with sewing machine oil. I'd oil it anyway.
Joe
09-06-2012, 03:14 PM
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ah - do join the clone club - post a pic here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...p-t164361.html
09-06-2012, 03:57 PM
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The grease I used was Triflow. I removed as possible using a GUM brush that my dentist gave me. Handy sewing machine tool for cleaning tight places. Thanks Joe. I learn something new everyday, especially about motors. LOL
09-06-2012, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by miriam
ah - do join the clone club - post a pic here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...p-t164361.html
09-06-2012, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Caroline S
I will do that Miriam. Right now I am fighting/fixing the stitch regulator which does not work. It did not like the bobbin case I first used (that was missing) so I took the one out of my Belair to use. The Mercury liked it. It does make a nice stitch though but all I can get is a long stitch.
09-06-2012, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by J Miller
Caroline,
This is gonna sound like I'm trying to be a "know it all" which I'm not, but the only SM motors I know of that use grease as lube are Singers. If you pull a motor like that one apart you'll usually find a felt washer surrounding a bronze bushing. The felt holds the oil in the bushing area as the bushing absorbs it.
If your motor gets hot enough the grease might melt into the bushings ... "if" it's not Tri-Flow. If it is get as much out as you can and oil it with sewing machine oil. I'd oil it anyway.
Joe
This is gonna sound like I'm trying to be a "know it all" which I'm not, but the only SM motors I know of that use grease as lube are Singers. If you pull a motor like that one apart you'll usually find a felt washer surrounding a bronze bushing. The felt holds the oil in the bushing area as the bushing absorbs it.
If your motor gets hot enough the grease might melt into the bushings ... "if" it's not Tri-Flow. If it is get as much out as you can and oil it with sewing machine oil. I'd oil it anyway.
Joe
And I've always heard to only use Tri-Flow grease on gears...Use Singer Lubricant on motors.
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09-07-2012, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by miriam
Get a flashlight and look up in there - look for something that is suppose to move and won't - then oil it - maybe needs a little heat
Last edited by Caroline S; 09-07-2012 at 05:42 AM.
09-07-2012, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Caroline S
I guess some pictures of the Dial-O-Matic stitch regulator are in order. I removed the stitch regulator assembly and everything inside appears to be working inside, not frozen. Perhaps this one will need to go to the OSMG and see if he can figure it out. This one may be beyond my limited fixing abilities. FRUSTRATING!
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