AE 34 Wiring

[jwurbel]

I am redoing an AE 34 whose original wiring was gone when purchased.  I bought replacement cords whose colors don' t match the originals per the diagrams.  Additionally, the receiver cord has 4 wires, red, green, yellow, and black that I am trying to match to the L1, L2, and GRD terminals.  Another question is whether I should be able to hear a dial tone if the handset is wired correctly but I haven't connected to the base?  I realize this is probably elementary to some, but I have to start learning somewhere.  Thanks in advance.

[rdelius]

You can use 3 of the 4 wires to wire the handset.look at base terminals R= receiver, T= Transmitter, C=common -other sides of rec and trans are tied together.L1 and L2 are for line cord. , polaraty does not matter.If a ringer wire is on gnd treminal, move it to L2. you cant get dial tone if not plugged in

[jwurbel]

I'll recheck and was aware of having to plug in for dial tone.  Thanks for the response.