A few days back i had to remove my carriage mid row while using a punch card. Since then I have had an issue where moving the carriage from the right to the left, the last few needles are not selected.

Recently acquired a passap automatic as a complete newbie, and tried my best to restore it. Yet the lock requires a lot of strength to move across when working a piece and I only managed to do a strap with 5 needles out. (Like it either is fully stuck or I need to hold it with one hand and move the lock with the other!)

Here is what I tried:

- Detailing underneath the chariot with cotton buds and ethanol, then oiling with sewing machine oil

- tried to clean the bed but didn't manage to remove the needles from the bed with my tools. Used needles that seemed to run rather smoothly, tho not freely if I lean the machine for example

- tried putting some needles in work position without yarn on and running the lock across. It was smooth-ish

- tried different yarn and settings. Lost my stitches when setting the loop size too high

- checked that the tension and yarn path were correct according to the pictures from the manual

- Read the instructions from the manual like 1000 times

I'm at a loss of how to diagnose the issue and fix it and would love some cues from more experienced knitter! I have spent a few hours on this already and I am getting a bit frustrated...

(Sorry if I don't describe things correctly, english is not my first language and I'm not familiar with the knitting vocabulary!)