question on older Adler cylinder arm machine

[shoepatcher]

the Adler 169-373 0r -73 is a large bobbin medium duty  walking foot cylinder arm.  In the class of a 341 and Juki 1341 machine.  Good machines.  Your machine looks like it has only needle positioner on.  I doubt is has air lift , back tack and trimmers.  If that is the case,  you are further ahead to replace the Efka motor with a new servo motor and  needle positioner.  I need to see more pics of the back of the machine.  Great machines!  I would buy but I work on machines.  Call Durkopp/Adler America in  Georgia and give them the part number mention in this post to see what a timing belt will cost.

glenn

Edited December 5, 2021 by shoepatcher
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[UncleSam]

Thank you Glenn for the great information.  It does not have air lift, or back tack I do tknow that.  I'll  call Durkopp/Adler today.  

US

[UncleSam]

I talked to the lady I work for today, and she agrees that the machine, for me anyway, is not going to work financially.  For her, she wants a flatbed, no cylinder or post or removable flat table, something she can use for medium or thinner leathers.  They have a large heavy at the shop, so something like a smaller, flat bed would be the right machine.  She would be thinking of quick sale or trade or even trade with payments on machine she needs.  It is not doing anything for her at the moment in the shop.  Ebay/Craigslist at this point is not an option.  Any enquiries can be made through me here, or you can contact her directly.  Right now the shop is flooded with year end work on saddles, bespoke items and inventory for years end.  

Any help would be really appreciated on this.

Regards, US