Vintage Singer parts needed
 

A friend picked up a vintage Singer (model 99?) at a yard sale. Power cord needs to be replaced. It has 3 pins in a straight line HOWEVER the pins are not round they are rectangular slots in a triangular bakelite housing. Where is the best place to buy parts? I searched ebay, my local machine repair shop and even contacted singer.com. No luck.

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Colleen

These are the normal plug for Scottish built machines (almost all of my pre-1960s electrified machines are fitted with these) and I imagine you'd be able to find them on any non-US site that supplies vintage Singer parts.

I'd like to see a photo of this connector. If Mike's right, and I'm sure he is, it's worth looking at the motor too. If it's a 220volt (or may be marked 240v) motor, you would want a converter before you run it too.

Here's a few pics of mine (couldn't find a pic on the 'net so took my own).
The spade connection doesn't mean it's a higher voltage motor: The terminal blocks are just terminal blocks and aren't voltage related.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=496042&stc=1
And with a ruler measuring the spade length:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=496043&stc=1
I showed you mine, now show me yours kso ;)

True, I was thinking though that this connector is not common on this side of the ocean, so there's a chance it's an imported but not converted machine, so checking the motor would be an idea. ;) That said, if I remember right, it would just run slowly, not like what would happen if you plugged a 120v motor into 240v...

Ha ha, yes totally true. I'd also check the voltage Tammi. I have a couple of converters in case I come across a 120V one.
Since they're just wires, you can also source a round pin set and swap it although it's probably cheaper to just source a plug in the UK and have it posted over. Forget Australia (postage is prohibitively expensive) but Royal mail is pretty reasonable.

I'd be curious to see the connector too. From the description it sounds like a White/Kenmore type connector. Those would be available at Sew Classic too.

Thanks for the input. She had so much trouble finding replacement parts that she had the machine rewired.

So... we'll never know?