AE40 dial plate removal...

[AE40FAN]

Yes, It's me with another question;-D  Does anyone have any instructions on how to remove/replace a porcelain dial plate on an AE40?  I now own four of these phones!  Now It's truly an obsession!!

[JorgeAmely]

After you remove the finger wheel and other assorted hardware, there are two spring loaded grabs, each close to numerals 2 and 8, that you need to grab with a small needle nose pliers set to release the porcelain plate.

That should do it. The attached picture shows these grabs I am referring to. In this photo, they are shown at the 10 and 4 o'clock position.

I never documented this album, but you can see before and after pictures of my black AE40. Kind of neat, since it came from an old bank in Kansas City.

https://picasaweb.google.com/Amelyenator/AE40#

[AE40FAN]

Thanks Jorge, beautiful phone...how did you get it so shiny?

[JorgeAmely]

I washed all plastics with hot water and soap, then polished it with Novus 2 and my trusty Ryobi RB60K polisher.