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All Other Pay Telephones / Re: Elcotel payphone board

Last post by Westrex - Yesterday at 09:41:14 PM

You can buy a new Elcotel Series 5 board here and the 6V battery for the board here. I also noticed that it looks very similar to this phone I found in Texas. Must've been the same provider.


Hope this helps,

Westrex

#2

Telephone Troubleshooting and Repair / WE 2554 phone low transmit vol...

Last post by Charles - Yesterday at 09:13:17 PM

I recently purchased a WE 2554 it has modular connectors with 4 conductors for handset. I bought an 80s vintage g6 volume control handset to use with this phone. It has 3 conductors. When I plug the the 3 conductor g6 handset into the phone the person I am talking with hears very low volume. A 4 conductor handset works perfectly on this phone. Is there a fix for this 3 conductor handset attaching to a 4 conductor phone?

#3

Wanted / WANTED: large number of phones...

Last post by chconnor - Yesterday at 07:35:47 PM

Hi -- I'm looking to acquire a large number of working phones (currently 10's of phones, possibly more later). This is not for hoarding/trading/resale purposes, but rather a small business (providing phones for folks to actually use). We don't need fancy collectors items, just basic working phones. If anyone is sitting on a tranche of phones and wants to discuss, let me know. Thanks!

#4

All Other Pay Telephones / Elcotel payphone board

Last post by Fordman 1966 - Yesterday at 06:22:50 PM

Hello all I recently got my first single slot phone the phone was missing the locks so it was easy to get inside the upper is complete doesn't look like any missing parts the key pad has 17 pin female push connector with a finger hole and now to the bottom oiled the vault door came open pretty easily bunch of dirt cleaned out it works great even has a coin box inside moving up the lower all parts on the right side appear to be there trigger switch,coin relay 48 volt and a coinco coin track the left side is missing the board that the key pad,relay and trigger switch plugs into and probably a battery of some sort are these parts still to be found or do I have wall hanger any help will be greatly appreciated thanks Scott

#5

Telephone Tools, Workshops, Tool Identification and Other / Re: "B" Crimper

Last post by rdelius - Yesterday at 12:47:14 PM

not the same tool  .an e9 tool might work  .The bell tool was built by general machine products and has orange handles.

#6

General Discussion / Re: A Freinds Gift

Last post by Babybearjs - Yesterday at 12:04:47 PM

wound up selling it. now I have a ATC touch tone candelstick....

#7

General Discussion / ATC modifications

Last post by Babybearjs - Yesterday at 12:01:56 PM

I recently obtained a black canadian ATC Candelstick and disassembled it in order to clean it. when I reassembled it the dial wired with the brown lead unknown. I jogged my memory and tried a ITT shortcut which worked! the phone is working fine now...

#8

Technical "Stuff" / Re: AE wiring

Last post by poplar1 - Yesterday at 10:32:27 AM

Here is one possibility from TCI Library:

#9

Wanted / Re: WANTED: AE Jade Green 6-Co...

Last post by MMikeJBenN27 - Yesterday at 01:39:48 AM

Have you tried Old Phone Works and Old Phone Shop?

#10

General Discussion / Re: old phone books

Last post by friday - May 10, 2025, 11:30:08 PM

Yea, I just had a look page 2.

Yellow pages

"September 1941 issue, revised to July 5, 1941"

"December 1940 issue, revised to October 1, 1940"

"June 1939 issue, revised to April 4, 1939"

"September 1938 issue, revised to June 28, 1938"