Beverly,
Thanks for the help the link below most looks like the machine if not
exactly the one hard to tell from the angles and being just line
drawings. All I know is that the threading diagram worked.
http://www.sewusa.com/Threading_Diag...ng_diagram.htm

I played around with the knobs and buttons but can only figure out
about 85 percent of them. Now if I could find a manual online? I got a
reply from sears parts department that was strange they said they could
not provide a manual because they did not make the machine. I wrote
back asking why did it then have the Kenmore name on it. I thought they
were one in the same. It seems that no Kenmore model has that long as
in that many numbers in it's model numbering. But I got the old
magnifying glass out and have triple checked it and that the number
158.1792280 with a serial number of 51054755.
Thanks again!
DJW

BEI Design wrote:
"djw" wrote in message
oups.com...
I got a Kenmore Md 158.1792280 in the dump. It appears to work but I
have no idea how to thread it. The bobbin is in and loaded already.
I
looked online for a manual with no luck so far. Can you help me and
give me an idea how to do it. I have an old American standard
machine I
have to hand thread. I assume that this Kenmore auto threads but how
do
I start that process?

I don't find a model number like that he

http://www.sewusa.com/Sewing_Machine...g_Diagrams.htm

but under the Kenmore 158 column, they do list a 1792:
http://www.sewusa.com/Threading_Diag...ng_diagram.htm

Not sure that helps.

Nor do I find that exact model number under the Kenmore list he
http://www.sewusa.com/Sewing_Machine...chines_158.htm
but perhaps you could send an e-mail to their contact: Sewusa1 [at]
yahoo [dot] com and ask?

HTH,

Beverly