The subject line says it all really :-( .
My Viking 2000 SL Model 6460 started acting up a couple of months ago when we started on a new kite project but thankfully we have a Pfaff
1119 we keep as a 'back-up' and used that instead.Tonight I decided to take the Viking apart to see what was wrong with it and discovered a broken plastic part. This particular model has interchangeable cam stacks for the fancy stitches and the plastic part the cam stacks fit into has broken.
The part is like a mini cam stack and has three square holes in it that locate the square 'dogs' on the interchangeable cam stacks. On mine two of the three square holes have hairline cracks in them and the third hole has a piece broken out of it.
It looks like replacement is the only option as the broken out piece has gone 'walk-about' somewhere and with the age of the machine I really hope this is not the end of the road as it is a truly great sewing machine. I have sent an email to Ron Anderson and hopefully he can come through but at the moment the poor thing is little better than a boat anchor.
The machine has great sentimental value too as it was given to me by the world renowned Adrian Conn and it was used to build all his wonderful multiple AKA championship winning kites during the 1980's. I would really like to get it fixed for that reason alone!
At least I still have the Pfaff to sew with and if all else fails a 55 year old Elna too. It just makes ya want to scream I tell ya! Boo hoo!