Do you have another old Singer that uses the same foot controller so you could switch them out and try that? It's almost impossible to kill those old (by the model number I'm assuming this is an older machine) Singer motors, but the wiring tends to get old and brittle in the foot/power controllers. I'd be willing to bet it's the foot controller and not the motor.

I belong to several old Singer fix-it yahoo groups, I will look and see what info I can find about that particular machine since I'm not familiar with it. I have a 201, a 99k, a 15-91 and a Featherweight. All made in the 30s and all will probably still be sewing in another hundred years. If you have a chance, can you post the serial number so I can see when it was made?

You know, I bet you're right. There was no smoke or odor; the pedal just stopped working. The light, which is wired through the motor, works fine. This machine is hard-wired, so I can't unplug the foot/power cord to swap to a different pedal. The bobbin wire tire broke into two pieces, though, so there is evidence of brittleness. I never even thought about the pedal; I just assumed it was the motor. Thank you!

I'm not sure about the serial number on this machine, as I couldn't find a machined number that wasn't a part number. I did find this hand-carved number on the base: MM00205PL00267. The machine says "Made in Italy" on the base, and "Made in France" on the motor.

My husband is good with wiring jobs, so I think he will be able to take that pedal apart and fix it for me.

There are a few machines I've picked up that I haven't been able to part with, including a 201 and a brown 301. These are special machines that need owners who will take care of them.

Can you recommend a Yahoo group I could join? It would be nice to pick up more information about these old machines.

Here is a website that sells parts for the old machines. Colleen http://sewingmachine221sale.bizland.com/store/index.html