Necchi 3101 Mechanical Sewing Machine "needle down" Questions

needle will not move up or down. What do I do to fix this? Check the needle thread tension. If the tension is too tight, the needle will not be able to move up or down. To adjust the tension, turn the

needle 3 down. All other needles work correctly. The reciprocator is ok Ed All other needles go down and sew except for needle 3 on a 15 needle machine. I have had it apart and can see no problem with

...needle bar up and down by hand you should feel a click and the needle bar will not move up and down easily now. Restart machine and test. If it works all is good. This is a result of the machine ...

...the needle blocks with a vane of some kind. This slot can pick up lint and dust which makes the machine think that the needle is down. Clean the slot with a vacuum and a fine needle. Hope this

Needle won't go down completely. Pulled bobbin &holder, clean. Worked yesterday with same settings, needle and thread. Problem above needle, not below. Help? Janome DXL 603. Seldom used. Hi Laszlo. ...

...working properly. When pressing the needle down button, the needle does go down and then comes right back up. pressing the needle up button makes the needle shoot up and down 2 times very fast. ...

.... I hope this helps. Cindy Wells Some of these older machines have a needle down function but it is activated by pressing the heel down on the foot

...right size for the thread it will slide down the thread But if the needle hangs on the thread you need one size larger needle for the thread on some machines the presser foot can't do a zig zag ...

down. needle is hitting something If you did not get the old needle out, it may be blocking something. That old needle must be removed before you attempt to any further sewing. Try removing the bobbin

needle up/down button. If you press it when the machine is NOT sewing, it will reset it to stopping with the needle UP instead of DOWN. In other words, it resets the needle's default position, but you