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I HAVE A 2002 DODGE DURANGO, WHEN ITS COLD OUT I HAVE A PROBLEM SHIFTING FROM PARK TO ANY OTHER GEAR.
BUT IF I LET IT WARM UP, SOMETIMES FOR A LONG TIME IT WILL SHIFT, BUT ITS SO STIFF THAT I BROKE ONE SHIFTER OFF ALL READY.
IN THE SUMMER TIME I HAVE NO PROBLEM SHIFTING.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY THIS IS HAPPENING AND WHAT I CAN DO TO FIX IT ?
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Machines should not be run until they can warm up in a warm room. Set in an area where it closer to a heat source (not too hot!) for several hours. Or, you might try heating it with a handheld hairdryer.
Here are some tips for a jammed presser foot:
A bit of lint-thread fluff in one or more places a home sewer can't reach to see much less safely clean. This is a job for a professional the first time so they can show you how to clean the inside of the machine without getting a very nasty electrical shock, and how to get the machine apart, cleaned, and back together with sewing functionality intact. (TIP: don't - don't - don't use 'canned air'! It will only push any lint/fluff deeper into the machine)
OR: the machine hasn't been switched back to sewing mode after winding a bobbin on the machine (simple fix you can do at home - check your user guide and be sure all of your settings are correct).
OR: a broken gear inside the machine (usually the bobbin gear but sometimes a different gear, and sometimes it's two broken at the same time).
OR: the machine has 'seized' because it hasn't been serviced regularly. This is a job for a professional - they will have the knowledge and tools to open the machine safely, find the problem and fix it, and then put the machine back together so that it will still sew.
Best of luck, I hope you and your machine are back sewing soon!
Online vendors sometimes sell replacement parts and manuals, or they may be found on auction sites, ie eBay. Service manuals are sometimes difficult to locate as the manufacturers intended that only service personnel have access to that information.
This specific model, and most of the Singer Touch and Sew series of machines has several plastic gears that drive either or both the hook, and the feed dogs. Due to age and general wear, these gears eventually break. It is almost 100% likely that one of your gears is broken. It is recommended that you replace all of the plastic gears in your machine at the same time. If you just replace the one broken gear, you are merely shifting the weakest point in the system to another gear, which will also break shortly. If you replace all the gears at once, they will be of equal age and strength. It is best to get this done at a reputable sewing machine repair shop, as this repair involves a complete re-timing of the machine, and can be quite difficult for the novice.
if you just bought the machine, then why not take it back and get another one that doesn't have a broken gear, some of the gears have to be retimed once the gears are replaced and sometimes it's not possible to get a repair manual for some machines.
hi it is a thermostat problem.,,,,
som heating is done by thermostat...it is not working properly,,i think u should check ittt..
thank u..please rate it/..
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