A woman at church was moving into assisted living and when the helpers from church were moving things, they saved a sewing machine from going to the curb and gave it to me. It is a Kenmore 158.1654. I fixed a friend of mine's Kenmore once, but I usually fix just Singers as that is what I sew on. After I got it out of its cabinet, it was apparent it was pretty filthy and not used in many moons. It needs a new belt, (ordered), and spool pins (ordered) since the ones in there are sheared off inside the holes. Everything else seems ok. It did not even move at all when I first tried. I took off the cover and soaked the shaft at the wheel with Liquid Wrench and kept working it. The cam was sort of cemented in also. Lots of solvent, Tri-flow oil, and wiping, and everything moves like silk. I found some cams for it on ebay. I remembered to take some before pictures. This machine could use a good home. It is very sound and a workhorse. If I could find someone who wants to sew, I would drop it off with some instruction. Hopefully, some wanna-be quilter is pining for a machine.
I can't wait to put all the new pieces on and try some stitching on it.
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| DIRTY TOP |
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| STARTED CLEANING SO I COULD SEE THE DIRT |
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| SOME GRIME REMOVED, SEE THE CONTRAST |
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| JUST LIKE NEW |
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| ALL WAXED UP, OH FOR THE SPOOL PINS! |
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| LIKE NEW! |
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| READY TO STITCH |
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| EVEN THE BACKSIDE SHINES |
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