My singer futura messed up and would not pull up the bobbin thread, asked Singer about it and was told I wasn't threading it right. Send it to them and they will fix it. Instead I ordered a tutorial from Singer Top of Texas for $20.00 on how to set the timing. It worked! My son had it fixed in 15 minutes. So I had another,the Singer ce250 that has been sitting in a corner over 2 years not working. Did the same repair and now it works too. I paid a repairman 150.00 and did not want to spend anymore money on it. He told me he replaced a melted gear but there is no plastic gear even there. He slapped some black grease on it and it never did work right. So ask here first when your machine messes up. Maybe someone has had the same experience. I'm happy!

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Great news.
I wish I had been able to repair mine myself.
Mine is still away at the repairers :(

Im glad that your son was able to help you out repairmen love to take your money

I will repeat there is not a machine out there that doesn't need a drink of grease and you just reshowed me more thanks hugs

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by bevintex 02 Jun 2012

Right Carolyn. I'm buying some Singer machine oil.

Sounds wonderful- Congrats now more machines running!

Our very own Cutie Sherry aka lawmedassistant used the very same one. I asked her advice,she told me go for it and I'm glad I did. The Singer Futura yahoo group also has info on it. They are great at answering questions and telling you what you need to do. Singer owners can check out Singer Top of Texas. The lady there Is Tina and she has a store,that is where the tutorial came from. She is very helpful as well.

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by gandu 02 Jun 2012

I have singer futura ce 150 in case i need some advice how do i go to yahoo group Thanks ....Brenda

by bevintex 02 Jun 2012

Go here and sign up. Lots of info there.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fut...

Bev, I am so happy for you - that you found the tutorial and that your son was able to do the work for you on not one but two machines. That is super. Where did you find that tutorial or how did you search for it?

somtime the so call machine technician don; t do anything to the machines when we take them for service, I think they just wipe them clean and that;s it...

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by bevintex 02 Jun 2012

I just hate getting ripped off and besides that being lied to by an shady repairman.

Wow that's really good news :) Was the timing hard to set .. as in are the instructions super easy to follow? Just wondering if I need to find similar instructions for my Brother (emb machine) or Janome (sewing only machine) in case I need one in the future. :) xXx

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by snowbird42 02 Jun 2012

i aso dwoould love to know as i have brother machines would be very handy as the repair man is some considerable distnce away...soozie

by bevintex 02 Jun 2012

It was easy, I don't know about other brands . The instruction were step by step with pictures, showed you where to go next. I DO NOT recommend fixing your own machines but I did not want the expense of sending it off. All you needed was an allen wrench. Sherry aka lawmedassistant also used the same tutorial and fixed her machine as well. She gave me advice that I could do it myself. Thank you Sherry!

Thanks for the info I may order the tutorial just in case.

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by bevintex 02 Jun 2012

Wait until you actually need it, they email it to you same day so no waiting.