Pfaff 545-H3 missing parts!!! Help please 🙏

[darkhornsleather]

Hello everyone,

I bought this machine to salvage and bring it back to sew again. 
I have multiple industrial sewing machines that are working well for me. I never attempted to fix a machine before. The maximum I have done was change motors from clutch to servo. So I am very excited about learning how to do it and get to expand my knowledge with your help guys. I stumbled upon this one on marketplace and I went to check it out. It was used at some point to sew in a mattress factory. As far as the person that sold it to me, he’s not sure what happened to it before it stopped working. It doesn’t have any feet or anything apart from the side plate. Unfortunately, it’s missing some parts, as per our discussion. I would like to be able to get the missing parts, preferably from Australia. 
It would be greatly appreciated, if you can help me to bring it back to life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[AlZilla]

Well,  you've got multiples of the same pictures, it would help if you cleaned that up while the edit window is open. This post is quite a bear on mobile.

Then a list of what parts you're looking for would help. I'm sure there's a parts diagram somewhere you could work from. 

Australia is really going to complicate it, but who knows ... ?

[darkhornsleather]

47 minutes ago, AlZilla said:

Well,  you've got multiples of the same pictures, it would help if you cleaned that up while the edit window is open. This post is quite a bear on mobile.

Then a list of what parts you're looking for would help. I'm sure there's a parts diagram somewhere you could work from. 

Australia is really going to complicate it, but who knows ... ?

Thanks for your suggestion. I managed to delete some of the images, successfully. 
I downloaded the parts list and I find it very puzzling to know what are the missing parts 😳

[nejcek74]

Google for parts diagram of the pfaff 545. Find the other post here for pfaff 545 and also 1245. Others, including me we already wrote and linked a lot of info how to time it.

Feet will be the same as for 1245. Same is for hook and bobbin case, but you need to choose the right one according to your subclass (H3).

0) check this forum, 99% is already here

1) get parts diagram and find missing parts

2) compare it to 1245 to find some equivalents.

3) go to ebay/amazon /Aliexpress and get what you can

4) if something is still missing you will have to do more research

5) use pfaff 1245 engineering manual for timing it

6) ask here for what is missing 

[darkhornsleather]

17 minutes ago, nejcek74 said:

Google for parts diagram of the pfaff 545. Find the other post here for pfaff 545 and also 1245. Others, including me we already wrote and linked a lot of info how to time it.

Feet will be the same as for 1245. Same is for hook and bobbin case, but you need to choose the right one according to your subclass (H3).

0) check this forum, 99% is already here

1) get parts diagram and find missing parts

2) compare it to 1245 to find some equivalents.

3) go to ebay/amazon /Aliexpress and get what you can

4) if something is still missing you will have to do more research

5) use pfaff 1245 engineering manual for timing it

6) ask here for what is missing 

Thanks heaps for your reply. I will google the manuals and start from there. 

[friquant]

As soon as you get some presser feet on it, I would suggest oiling the machine and then turn it over slowly by hand to see what is functioning vs not. Go easy on it just in case something binds from being disconnected.

1. Do the presser feet walk
2. Does the needle bar go up and down
3. Does the feed dog move
4. Does the hook pick up the top thread
5. Does the bar in the back (for a knee lift) pick up the presser feet
6. Does the stitch length regular effect more / less feed dog movement

Anything anomalous, take a close-up video and post on here to get some ideas 📹