How do I rewire a 3-wire rotary phone to work on a 2-wire system.?

Question

I have an old rotary wall phone that does not have a phone plug, rather it has 3 wires coming out of it, 1-Black and 2-Gray. I want to set it up to work on our 2-wire service. Please help. Thanks!!!

Answer 1

connect one of the gray on red, and black on black. if that dont work use the other gray wire on the red. and if that dont work connect both gray wires on the red. gud lock!

Answer 2

what.