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66 block situation #577069 09/04/14 09:04 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,290 Shelter Island, New York Arthur P. Bloom OP Member
OP Arthur P. Bloom Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,290 Shelter Island, New York	Good evening, Gentlemen: I am posting here for maximum exposure. For a particular specialized application, I need to acquire about (six) 66-M-50 terminal blocks. The ones I need are the older style, which were made up until a few years ago. They are about 1/4 inch deeper than the newer ones that are marketed as "Cat5e". When compared side-to-side with the newer version, the difference in thickness of the body is obvious. In fact,you may already be aware of this size difference, when you went to install additional blocks next to older ones, and said "WTF?" The new ones do not stick out from the wall as far, in other words. I can use new or used blocks of this type. They can have writing on them or broken fanning strips. Condition is not important as long as all the pins are present and not severely bent. I will be removing the pins, in fact, to use in different blocks. I am willing to pay the equivalent money that new ones would cost, plus shipping charges. Would you check your junk piles and top shelves for these? Thank you! Arthur P. Bloom 631 - 749 - 0100 POTS 866 - 749 - 0100 WATS 1 + 749 - 0100 C*NET

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Re: 66 block situation Arthur P. Bloom #577072 09/04/14 09:25 PM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,138 Likes: 5 Arlington, Massachusetts dexman Spam Hunter
dexman Spam Hunter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,138 Likes: 5 Arlington, Massachusetts	I think you're describing 66 blocks that are manufactured by Suttle Apparatus. They are designed much like those that were manufactured by Western Electric. As far as I know...Suttle still makes them. I Love FEATURE 00

Re: 66 block situation Arthur P. Bloom #577074 09/04/14 09:33 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 201 Cleveland Cepega Member
Cepega Member Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 201 Cleveland	I have a few blocks laying around, waiting is time to be used ( probably unlikely), I can check into it as I believe they are of older style.

Re: 66 block situation Arthur P. Bloom #577078 09/04/14 11:05 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,290 Shelter Island, New York Arthur P. Bloom OP Member
OP Arthur P. Bloom Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,290 Shelter Island, New York	Well, thanks, all of you. Someone contacted me privately and I now have 6 of them on the way. Arthur P. Bloom "30 years of faithful service...15 years on hold"

Re: 66 block situation Arthur P. Bloom #577079 09/04/14 11:19 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 9,150 Likes: 15 SOUTH TEXAS RATHER BE FISHING Admin
RATHER BE FISHING Admin Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 9,150 Likes: 15 SOUTH TEXAS	Thank you Arthur...you've done a great deed keeping vintage telephony alive for a lot of us seasoned installers as well as the new generation of enthusiasts to enjoy and appreciate.

Re: 66 block situation Arthur P. Bloom #577081 09/04/14 11:29 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 201 Cleveland Cepega Member
Cepega Member Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 201 Cleveland	Are the pins replaceable? I think there is a slide locking flat panel on the bottom of the block, but I've never done anything with it as far as trying to remove it or disassemble the 66 in any kind of way shape or form.

Re: 66 block situation Arthur P. Bloom #577088 09/05/14 07:36 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,422 Likes: 1 Beachwood jeffmoss26 Member
jeffmoss26 Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,422 Likes: 1 Beachwood	I've taken old blocks apart to scrap the pins, the backs just pry off. Jeff Moss Moss Communications Computer Repair-Networking-Cabling MBSWWYPBX, JGAE

Re: 66 block situation Arthur P. Bloom #577093 09/05/14 09:58 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,335 Likes: 3 New York hbiss Member
hbiss Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,335 Likes: 3 New York	The current ones are CAT5e rated so I guess they had to make some changes to the pins making them shorter which caused the block to be thinner. Damn IT people. Who the hell uses them for data anyway? -Hal CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: Some comments made by me are known to the State of California to cause irreversible brain damage and serious mental disorders leading to confinement.

Re: 66 block situation hbiss #577095 09/05/14 10:08 AM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,368 Likes: 5 Northeast Iowa Yoda Member
Yoda Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,368 Likes: 5 Northeast Iowa	Originally Posted by hbiss Damn IT people. Who the hell uses them for data anyway? -Hal Hopefully, no one. It's just marketing.

Re: 66 block situation Arthur P. Bloom #577097 09/05/14 10:16 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,422 Likes: 1 Beachwood jeffmoss26 Member
jeffmoss26 Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,422 Likes: 1 Beachwood	This guy did :X Note to Hal: Take blood pressure meds before viewing pictures! https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r29477363-My-Home-Network Last edited by jeffmoss26; 09/05/14 10:16 AM. Jeff Moss Moss Communications Computer Repair-Networking-Cabling MBSWWYPBX, JGAE

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