Pedersen 308 / Junker & Ruh SD 28 leather machine needle alignment

[Einherj]

I bought this Pedersen 308 (identical to Junker & Ruh SD 28) leather stitching machine, but there is an issue:

The needle hits somehow too far back, it hits the foot and the edge of the needle plate.
I was thinking the needle has bent too much somehow, so I tried with 3 different needles, same issue.
The plate has some damage, so it seems like the previous owner has had the same problem.
I can't see a way to adjust the needle position forward. It would need to shift about 5 millimeters to not hit anything and clear the bobbin case too.

Any ideas?

[Mulesaw]

My best suggestion is that the needles are wrong.

There have been an international shortage of the correct needles for those machines, and my guess is that the previous owner tried to buy and use some non original needles from another outsole stitcher. 

Where are you located in the world? perhaps some member near you have an original needle that you could try.

 

I recently bought a small pack of needles from @Jennihaemae 

 

They are cheap and the correct needles. 

I think that her post got moved to "sold" due to the date (the posts will automatically be moved there after a certain time)
You could try to send her a message.

Brgds Jonas