I have an old electric Olivetti. I was using my typewriter when suddenly the carriage got stuck and I was able to hear the motor spinning without it moving. I had to restart the machine, but this problem keeps happening, even 2 or 3 times a row. Sometimes the motor spins without moving after 2 seconds, but this also happens and the carriage starts to shake left and right.
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You probably need a motor repair, or a new motor.
It is almost impossible to offer solutions to these older machines unless someone had one in the past and is familiar with this machine.
You don't mention the model...so I wasn't able to find a specific one...but there are a ton of YouTube troubleshooting and fix it videos out there:
video.search.yahoo.com/
For big items, like appliances I always say go to the expert...but for smaller items, sometimes it is worth it to take a quick YouTube check first. Just be aware, that like the big things, monkeying with it can make it worse...but sometimes you fix things...like me with my 30 year old vacuum...and I am TOTALLY not handy.
Hope you find a good solution! The others gave some good advice also.
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