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Hi, The black spots are the lubrication oil that is leaking from the sealed bearing. There is no kit to fix this, You will need a new bread pan. Check out ebay or Amazon. Hopefully you will find one at a reasonable cost. Hank
Call the company - listed in your manual. Paddles are cheap and I always order an extra one. Have your model number ready. Also, if it is an Oster machine, Sunbeam is a subsidiary of Oster.
Back in the day when my Mom was baking bread on a regular basis, she'd occaisonally get a bad batch of yeast, and the bread would be the weight and consistency of fruitcake, but with somewhat less flavor. (We ate it anyway).
The first thing you need to do is check the quality and currency of your yeast. If the yeast is too old, or just a bad batch, your bread won't rise.
To test the yeast, mix a sample in warm water (~105 deg. F) and add a little sugar. If the yeast is good, it should start forming bubbles. No bubbles, time to get new(er) yeast.
If your yeast checks-out, then you need to see if something in the machine's process is overheating the yeast too soon - - the yeast's fermentation process creates the carbon dioxide (CO2) bubbles that causes the bread to rise (sort of like inflating a balloon, if you like). If something is killing the yeast (e.g. too much heat too early in the process), it won't react and create the bubbles.
Good luck; please write back and let me know what you find out.
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