Originally Posted by JoeJr (Post 8621636)

Two unusual things, when I put the nose plate back on and tightened the screw (there is only one screw holding it on) it lifted the bottom of the plate away from the machine and then the presser foot lift lever wouldn't engage the tension release pin. I put a couple of washers under the plate and tightened the plate against this, no more lift at the bottom and the tension release functioned as it should. Also, with the nose plate dropped down against the screw and then tightened up, the take up arm was hitting at the top of the channel, never seen this before on a 15 clone. I had to tighten down the plate with it lifted slightly up off the screw, I also had to bend the arm a little bit towards the middle of the machine, so it would move up the center of the channel in the plate.