Pfaff 335-17B S Journey To The Unknown!

[jimi]

Hi Everyone, as you can see by the pictures i like a challenge! i have picked up some junk hoping it will possibly sew afterwards, but cant see any 335s like this on the net. looks more or less all there apart from the base and the binder? its only cost 58 euros so its not a huge loss but saying that i am confident it will run after cleaning up. is there any older manuals or parts books out there somewhere? thanks in advance.

[leatheroo]

pfaff335 parts.pdfpfaff adjustment.pdfba_335_06-09_e.pdf

these might help

cheers

[Constabulary]

ha ha - you got it!! I saw it on ebay but forgot to bid! Good luck with it! :-)

[jimi]

Thanks letheroo, i had looked at them before on the net but thought that these manuals were for the new type machines. so i take it that they are the same? thanks constabulary, if i cant get it to sew you might see it up on ebay again haha. thanks guys.

[BradR]

I have a 335 h2 and used the adjustment manual for the new 335G and achieved great results. My machine looks the same as yours but is painted a green colour. Good luck with it.

[jimi]

Thanks bradr, i will maybe post some pictures of the results if anyone is interested.

[jimi]

Can anybody tell me what the -17B S stands for??

[jimi]

Hi everyone, well here is the news. finally got the machine here after it was almost sent back and in the end the courier has almost finished it off. they threw it about so much that it arrived with a broken balance wheel,presser foot tension screw,thread tension stud,disks etc, stitch length screw and the winged nut that holds it on the base with the latch. so faced with a new set off problems here is what happened. first was cleaning the thread path and shuttle, feet,dog and freeing the needle bar with wd-40. this to me is the most important part as you have to know if this can sew or not, otherwise there is not much point of carrying on. since the thread tension unit was shot i managed to put on a singer 18 tension unit that i had lying around to try the machine out. well it looks like it sews with no major problems or weird noises, just the tension needs looking at as i dont have it clamped in. so the next step is to tear it down as far as possible to clean off the rust. it is important to make drawings of settings and put all your parts into small bags. the hardest part now will be freeing the broken screws left behind. one good way is to drill a smaller hole in the middle of the broken screw then hammer a screw driver in and it should come out by unscrewing. for loosening the presser foot tension screw that was left behind it is best to take out the presser foot, spring and connecting parts, that way there is no tension on the screw and it will come out a lot easier. now this is where you would probably chuck the balance wheel and look for another one, but looking closely at the leftovers if you piece them together they dont exactly fit due to the knock. now the good thing is that the pully that goes on the back holds everything together in the right place just with a tap of the hammer?? .so a budy at work welded it back together from the opposite side of the pully and it just needed a little adjusting with a file on the hump that was left after welding (thousands of an inch). now it is running true with no wobbles thanks to the pully being there. here are some pictures (sorry about the quality).

[Constabulary]

Hi everyone, well here is the news. finally got the machine here after it was almost sent back and in the end the courier has almost finished it off. they threw it about so much that it arrived with a broken balance wheel,presser foot tension screw,thread tension stud,disks etc, stitch length screw and the winged nut that holds it on the base with the latch. so faced with a new set off problems here is what happened. first was cleaning the thread path and shuttle, feet,dog and freeing the needle bar with wd-40. this to me is the most important part as you have to know if this can sew or not, otherwise there is not much point of carrying on. since the thread tension unit was shot i managed to put on a singer 18 tension unit that i had lying around to try the machine out. well it looks like it sews with no major problems or weird noises, just the tension needs looking at as i dont have it clamped in. so the next step is to tear it down as far as possible to clean off the rust. it is important to make drawings of settings and put all your parts into small bags. the hardest part now will be freeing the broken screws left behind. one good way is to drill a smaller hole in the middle of the broken screw then hammer a screw driver in and it should come out by unscrewing. for loosening the presser foot tension screw that was left behind it is best to take out the presser foot, spring and connecting parts, that way there is no tension on the screw and it will come out a lot easier. now this is where you would probably chuck the balance wheel and look for another one, but looking closely at the leftovers if you piece them together they dont exactly fit due to the knock. now the good thing is that the pully that goes on the back holds everything together in the right place just with a tap of the hammer?? .so a budy at work welded it back together from the opposite side of the pully and it just needed a little adjusting with a file on the hump that was left after welding (thousands of an inch). now it is running true with no wobbles thanks to the pully being there. here are some pictures (sorry about the quality).

holy cow - thats really bad + sad! Where do you live that it took so long for delivery?

I have a Pfaff 141 or 142 (head only) which may have a couple of parts you may need but I´m not sure how the condition is - if it is "too good" I will keep it. I will look for the machine later today - maybe you are interested in it for taking spare parts from it....

[Constabulary]

I have a Pfaff 142 which I would sell for parts or I can strip the parts from if if you want, this saves shipping costs. I can send some pictures if you are interested. It´s possibly much cheaper than buying new parts but it is up to you.