Singer 145w204 (a few questions)

[CowboyBob]

3 hours ago, Teradee said:

Thanks @CowboyBob.  I stayed up last night and fixed that part and was working on the timing as well.  It's running pretty smoothly, but seems to be slightly binding from time to time as I turn the wheel.  I'm assuming that is also a timing/alignment thing?  I'll be digging in on that later today. 

Jason

When the outside foot lifts it will feel like a "bind" due to the foot pressure on the foot,lift the foot & turn the machine & see how it feels.

[Wizcrafts]

Try reducing the pressure screw on the presser foot and see if it is easier to turn the balance wheel.

[Teradee]

I will definitely give these a try. The one thing that is odd is that when it catches the hand wheel, turns a little while the machine is not turning, which I assume would be the way it would get out of time quickly if I were using it.

I will try the presser foot pressure and the screw to loosen it up a little bit and see how it goes!

[Wizcrafts]

2 minutes ago, Teradee said:

The one thing that is odd is that when it catches the hand wheel, turns a little while the machine is not turning, which I assume would be the way it would get out of time quickly if I were using it.

Something has come loose on its shaft. Check every setscrew the attaches the balance wheel to the main shaft and onward. There shouldn't be more than a gazillionth of a parsec of free motion.