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My Adler 205/370 refit is going apace. Everything has now been cleaned up and inspected. I have given Solent Sewing a LONG list of parts I want- many of them "small insignificant items". Guess what, I have found some green pipe cleaners wrapped round some of the operating mechanism. I had a real good look at their location, and it happens to be in a place that is difficult to get oil into.There are some more wedged into the slide mechanism that moves the needle bar back and forth. These parts are illustrated in the parts manual, but there are NO part numbers attached! I have now found a UK supplier of WOOL pipe cleaners in multiple colours https://www.worldofwool.co.uk So I will be placing an order and trying them out. I also found two bare oil pipes on the thin "hamslice", at the top. They obviously were used for oil pipe, but had been disconnected. Oil was coming out of the pipe and dripping down onto the collection tray at the bottom. I have decided to put them to use. I had some silicon model fuel hose, which fitted on to the brass pipe. Then I not only needed a wick, but also had to put it inside the hose and brass pipe. I found some 80% wool mending yarn,and using a tapestry needle, managed to get 4 lengths up the pipe for a wick. I also had to drill hte hamslice to get a small length of wire in, to hold the furthest left pipe in place. I have since modified it again,using a cable tie, so that pipe now actually drips exactly onto the leg shaped mechanism that has the pipe cleaner on. See attached photos.

Having got my machine completely apart last week, and the alterations done to the stand, I spent the weekend painting said stand parts. I realized it was a lot easier to put the stand back together upside down. I have cut down the main table top as it was too long. This meant a tight fit for the Ho Hsing motor, gubbins tray, and start switch. Again, rather than fit the motor after putting the head back on, I thought it would be much easier to do the job with the stand upside down. This proved to be the case. Then came the job of getting the head back on the table- all 65 kg of it, on my own. I have a little helper in the shape of a small manually operated fork truck, which I bought for moving 40kg sacks of fertilizer. See photos.In order to do the job safely, there has to be something to support the cylinder arm whilst moving the base and getting the bolts in. Having the Efka means I can just bolt on the Ho Hsing parts to the flywheel without having to make any brackets- everything fits. And works, too. There is oil EVERYWHERE! Most of it came from the air operated foot lift and reverse. Next weeks task is doing the head cleaning. While the machine was running, I checked to see if I had forward and reverse stitch holes in the same place- no such luck. Also there is SOME play in both the needle bar and inner presser foot bar-particularly in the fore and aft direction.College sewing have the needle bar listed, so presumably that is a frequent replacement item.

My new toy, the Adler 205/370 with Efka variostop is now in my living room. I am taking the main parts off, as the table needs modifying.It was not quite up to the travelling. Also I will not be using the Variostop and pneumatic stuff. I have taken off the Camozzi air operating cylinders for reverse and foot lift. The reverse lever now does not stay in place. The parts book shows a detent ball and spring thing for the zero or neutral position. I cannot see anything else in the parts book that is used to keep the reverse lever up. Is friction between the plastic block on the lever and the plastic faceplate supposed to do the job? Or what parts am I missing?