Another one followed me home! Singer 15-91 from Canada.
 

*waves*

Hello!
I have just recently acquired another Singer 15-91, with a potted motor. She's in rough shape and was about to be put in the rubbish heap! *gasp* Of course me know what gems these gals can be I promptly snatched her up in her *whispers* plastic case, and brought her home!

If machines were in hospitals she would have been put on the Critical Care wing. This is a peek of what I first saw when I cracked her open today. It's the before and after. I really just only puzzled out the bobbin area while the rest of the machine received liberal dosing of oil. It took all day just to get her moving, stiffly. So on goes more oil while doing a wire brush down under the deck. She looks like she was a survivor of a flood.

The wiring is terrible and terrifying, luckily she's so rusty that I didn't even try to plug her in. She couldn't even move if she wanted to, she jiggled a bit but there was no needle movement. If you know where i can find the brass connectors for the inside of bakelite connector I would be most appreciative. I don't even wanna think about the state of the motor...yet.

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The bobbin case is stuck so it's soaking tonight.
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Serial Number: JC756737, I could only narrow down the year of 1948 via the mysingerstory.com site. Finding the month would be great. I couldn't find it on the ISMACS.net site. It looks like i have 2, 1948 ladies.

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As always, here's an album with more, HQ photos. They're still being uploaded so by Monday evening it should be all sorted out. http://imgur.com/a/RuelQ

I'll keep you posted on the motor and other bits as I get to them.

congrats on your new machine. the nice thing about this machine is they are all metal and rust can be removed and once cleaned and oil they will keep on running and running.... just be patient. i heard that soaking it in a bath of kerosene works wonder.

True, true I love the fact that she's all metal. It makes things more interesting. Right now I've been scrubbing under her deck with a small wire brush and oil. As you can see most of the stuff is coming off slowly but surely. I have a few things soaking right now. Tomorrow I think I'll crack open the motor and see how bad it is.

Poor baby! I am glad she is getting some care at last. They are the best! I think I had better give mine a hug today!

All she's needs is love and care. It looks like she is already getting that from the before and after I see!

foufymaus,

Your post was amusing and also inspiring! I love it - can't wait to see the progress.

Fouf,

I just looked at your photo album - WOW, the decals are in great shape! That is a good sign. Probably little wear on the machine. This is exciting!

What did you soak the rusty parts in?

Pictures are WAY TO BIG for my dial up. Can't see them.

Joe