Western electric 202

[Telephone_Singer22]

I bought a western electric 202 on eBay for 65.00 and it just arrived today I hooked it up to the wall (no subset) it works it gets dial tone but the dial is too fast so I checked the dial for the governer spring but could not find it. It is a 6E dial

[Kenton K]

I would recommend getting or making a subset(very easy) to protect from damaging the phone and your ear. And about the dial, how do you know it is too fast? It does not have to be a perfect 10pps to work with most phone lines.

Kk

[Telephone_Singer22]

By fast I was meaning to say it zipps back to the starting position so much I have to slow it down myself for it to dial out and I have made a subset using the 425 and I have been able to connect the phone to it

[unbeldi]

Hmm, the 6E is a switchboard dial, but should be pulsing at 10 pps.
Perhaps it has been modified to pulse at 18 to 20?
Or is it a 6F and you misread the designation?
The 6F runs at 20.

Both the 6E and the 6F need to be wired slight differently than a 6A or 6D.  They don't have the BR terminal, therefore terminal B and R need to be jumpered.  There are some other changes, I have to look them up.

[tallguy58]

Show us some pics.  Sounds interesting

[Phonesrfun]

Sounds like the seller or someone before him or her just slapped any old dial onto the phone body.  You wouldn't normally see a switchboard dial on a D mount.

[unbeldi]

Sounds like the seller or someone before him or her just slapped any old dial onto the phone body.  You wouldn't normally see a switchboard dial on a D mount.

yup.  Let alone a #6 switch board dial.

[Telephone_Singer22]

Well after some extended research and many google images I have found out the govener spring is actually missing. Is it possible to put one back in or should I just buy another dial

[Kenton K]

If the governor spring is missing, then the dial would go extremely slowly, if at all. Could you post a picture?

KK