Prepare Your Top Thread - Kenmore 385.15202400 Service Manual

SEWING MACHINE DIV.20 MODEL 385.15208400
PREPARE YOUR TOP THREAD
THE NUMBERED STEPS BELOW FOLLOW THE NUMBERS ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS.
DOTTED LINES SHOW PLACES WHERE LOOPS AND THEN IS PULLED TIGHT.
RAISE THE TAKE-UP LEVER TO ITS HIGHEST POSITION BY TURNING THE HANDWHEEL
TOWARD YOU.
RAISE THE PRESSER FOOT LEVER.
PLACE SPOOL ON PIN WITH THREAD COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE SPOOL.
1. DRAW THREAD THROUGH THE THREAD GUIDE.
2. HOLDING THREAD TAUT WITH RIGHT HAND, DRAW THREAD DOWN INTO THE
TENSION AREA AND THEN AROUND THE CHECK SPRING HOLDER.
3. FIRMLY DRAW THREAD UP AND THROUGH THE TAKE-UP LEVER FROM RIGHT TO
LEFT.
4. DRAW THE THREAD DOWN AND SLIP IT INTO THE LOWER THREAD GUIDE.
5. DRAW THREAD DOWN AGAIN AND SLIP IT INTO THE NEEDLE BAR THREAD GUIDE.
6. TREAD NEEDLE FROM FRONT TO BACK.
NOTE: YOU MAY WANT TO CUT THE END OF THREAD WITH SHARP SCISSORS FOR
EASIER NEEDLE THREADING.
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