Update: I was right about the crusty drive belt. Stiff as a board all around! It wouldn't come off until I removed the hand wheel.
It's such a perfect teardrop shape (and fairly clean) that I couldn't bear to throw it out, so it's on my cork board at the moment.
I removed the one large screw from the bottom of the machine and freed it from the horrible plastic case.
The mysterious small object rattling around inside turned out to be just a couple of broken plastic nubs from the case, which is very boring. I threw out this bottom part (after removing the screws) but am keeping the lid.
I spent quite a while scrubbing the wires with a soapy rag, and they look so so nice and clean.
I've taken off and cleaned all the external bits of the machine, and removed the nose plate and cleaned in there. The dirt wasn't too bad, so I didn't have to take the needle or presser foot bars or any of that other stuff out. I swapped out the old bobbin winder tire with a spare I already had.
The poor dear was absolutely parched!! I don't think the previous owner had oiled it in a long long time! I oiled every moving part, and rubbed an oily cotton swab on every bare metal surface I could reach.
The bobbin area was quite yucky, so I did take all that stuff out to clean it, and to polish a few small rust spots.
I reassembled it, and since I'd recently watched that video on fixing the 99k timing, I remembered how and was able to easily set it back to the right time!
I haven't put the motor and light back on yet, or the bobbin winder, but just with the hand wheel it's stitching perfectly well.
The new drive belt and bobbin cover plate are in the mail, and the vintage case hinges just arrived today. (I do feel justified in complaining about the price, because I've now spent considerably more on parts + shipping than I did on the machine.)
I really want to make a new wooden case for it, but I'll have to wait for warm weather and help from somebody with a table saw. I took one (1) woodworking class in high school and I did pretty well in that, and there are a lot of tutorials online so I think with the proper tools it should be fine. The set screws were already there in the machine, which is wonderful because the hinges didn't come with any!
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