singer 401a

Hi Roberta,

Try posting this on alt.sewing where we have a resident expert on service & repair of all sorts of sewing machines. Ron will give you an honest answer.

Lizzy

Never heard of such a thing but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. You might join the singerslantsewing yahoo group and ask if they have heard of it. He might just change out the spring or drop in a new bobbin case. Many 401's do have oil dried out that causes problems mostly in the upper knob that works the cams/stitch type area. I'd be asking for more info on the part name and number. Irene would be more help here I bet. Taria

My daughter recently bought on ebay a Singer 401a and took it to her local sew&vac store for a deep clean, because it constantly produced a nest of gopher guts after about every 12" of decent stitching. The repair guy said he would take it all apart, soak off all the accumulated years of dried oil, and put it all back together. He recommended fitting some sort of retrofit widget under the sole plate that would completely prevent gopher guts, saying this was something Singer had produced for this particular machine.

Has anybody ever heard of such a thing? DD never owned a machine before, and I am too far away to examine it myself. The repair person is the only one she can find anywhere near her neighborhood. Roberta in D

Lizzy's right. Ping Ron Anderson over at alt.sewing. That solution sounds kinda goofy to me. I loved, loved the 401a .. many moons ago. Polly