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Posted by DTC on December 18, 2007, 3:45 pm
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>> Totalrod2@aol.com wrote:
>>> I've been to six different websites and each site describes the same
>>> procedure for removing that plastic dial (fingerplate). Yet I cannot
>>> seem to get it off. I really want to change the phone number label.
>>> What am I doing wrong? It's a Western Electric 554 wall
>> Sheesehhh...last time I had to pop off the dial cover was in 1976 or so.
>> To the best of my recollection I had to pry a very small flat bladed
>> screwdriver under on edge. It was a black dial wall ITT phone.
>
> Totalrod2:
> All this is from my CRS afflicted memory so use with care!
>
> Does this telephone have a clear plastic finger plate on the dial? If so
> does it have a paper-clip sized hole at about the four o'clock position? If
> so, insert the end of a straightened out paper clip into the hole and push
> it down, towards the interior of the telephone (that should release the
> finger plate retainer). Then, with pressure on the paper clip rotate the
> finger plate counter-clockwise a few degrees and it should pop right off.
>
> To replace the finger plate, position it on the mechanism and rotate it all
> (the finger plate along with the dial mechanism) to the "Zero" position.
> Then continue turning the finger plate clockwise until the retainer locks
> the plate in position. It's easy after you've done it a few times - it's
> maddeningly difficult if you don't know the trick!
Opps...my bad. I was thinking of the center piece. Yep, you have to
paper clip the hole and over turn the dial. Its all coming back to me now.
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