[NLRS] Telephone Wiring

[Curt Peterson]

Hi All - Perhaps one of you out there can help me out with a minor telephone wiring problem. My house was pre-wired for telephones in 1971. At that time the wall receptacles accepted a four prong plug whose wiring has the following color code: Wire one - red with blue tracer; Wire two - blue with white tracer; wire three - white with blue tracer & wire four - blue with white tracer. The new wall plug that I purchased from Radio Shack (it has the modern small plastic clip we see so often ) has colors of solid red; solid green;solid yellow & solid black. 

Can someone cross match these two color codes correctly ??? I have called Quest twice and a Technician kept telling me I needed to buy a new telephone. After several attempts to clarify my situation the Quest Tech hung-up on me. A second call netted me a call center who politely suggested I hire a Quest Tech to come to my house. Of course for a price. It just seems so simple to connect four wires my self that I am asking NLRS Land if someone knows the correct cross reference code that can help me do a 10 minute job. The Quest fee is not a big deal - it just strikes me as un-necessary at this point. 

Please let me know via email or telephone if you can help. Thanks. My number is; 651-426-5316.

73's Curt   KC0FQZ
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