1963 WE 500. Doesn't ring.

[Phonesrfun]

Tom:

There are several black wires in a phone.  I am wondering if you are moving the correct one.  The black ringer wire is the thick one.  See the picture I have sent.

-Bill

[AET]

There was no line cord, I put one on, then I had great sound, but no ring.  When I put it back on with ends, it was very faint.  I moved the wire from G to L1 and besides some initial smoke on the first phone call, there was nothing.  I also tried the tension spring, as my mom actually taught me that (it was the first thing I learned about phones. All these things and still no ring.

[Dennis Markham]

Tom, in your photo it looks like there is a white wire attached to terminal K along with the slate (gray) wire from the ringer.  There should be nothing else attached to K.  Where is the other end of that wire connected?

Did it really smoke?

[Jester]

That extra white lead on terminal K is one of the receiver wires & needs to be moved to term. GN.  This would account for low volume at the receiver.

[AET]

Did it really smoke?

Yes, just for a quick second when it should have been ringing, but went away at second glance. 

I will fix the wire tomorrow, I have put the phone back together until tomorrow.

[Dennis Markham]

And to clarify what I wrote, the slate colored wire should be on K, but nothing else.  I thought that looked like a handset or dial wire, if it is a later dial.  How did it get there?

[AET]

I haven't a clue.  All I did was replace the lobbed off line cord, and moved the wire for the ringer as you all told me.  Otherwise I haven't done anything else.

[Phonesrfun]

I totally missed the white receiver wire on K.  Yes, Tom, that needs to be moved to GN.

-Bill

[bingster]

You have to help us out a little, Tom.  The first step to any problem is to check your wiring against a standard wiring diagram, such as this one:

http://thegreatgildersleeve.net/sharedfiles/misc/500cd.jpg
http://thegreatgildersleeve.net/sharedfiles/misc/500cd.png

Then report back whether it works or not after you've got all your wiring to match the diagram.

[Dennis Markham]

Bingster, click on your link there.  When I do I only get a small portion of the diagram.

[bingster]

Link fixed, and another format added in case there's a problem with JPG.

[Phonesrfun]

Tom:

Any luck with that 500?

-Bill

[AET]

Busy schedule limits my time to work on phones.  Hoping to tinker with it tomorrow depending on when I get back from the Antique Mall.

[Phonesrfun]

Ah, the antique mall.  I have the day off tomorrow, I should do the same.  Good idea.

[bingster]

You might come back from the antique mall with... more phones.