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James I have been down the road your on ,I have a 1954 Mack LS85 open cab , had a off frame started in 2009 took 2 years and lots of $$$$ plus . will never get money back out of it but didn't care. got many awards ,plaques, trophy's etc. , At musters I put up signs "Judges please Do Not Judge " . My current project is my fire company's 1934 Seagrave Suburbanite ,started as group project but just me now ,have a budget (small) trying to do most of work inhouse cleanup grease little rust etc. .will have to repower ,hydra brakes, wiring ,fuel system , lighting, just to make presentable , slow process but that's my goal and will send out to repower .

Posted this inquire before looking again for B & C rubber pedal pads for 50's era L models , tried Watts, Cal Little, John Chambers no luck . thanks

Hey that is Awesome! a great idea for some of the old items I have

posting photos will spark more interest and we can see what you have

could it have been a repower?

he is still checking all suggestions out with truck

My buddies 50 Mack LS 85 fire pumper ,everything was ok then truck needed to be jumped to start , park truck , no battery to start jump again , has 2 12 volt batteries, where to trouble shoot first ,batteries are newer. is it the voltage regulator ,generator/alternator ,rectifier , all wiring looks good .don't know if ammeter is good yet

look in the doghouse( engine compartment), under the seats , pump panel interior , compartments on fire body

come on guys the socket is only $15. e-bay and I'll have in my hand in 3days.

that is the first fire Mack nozzle I ever saw and have been around fire equipment over 50 years , I been looking for a Mack Fire extinguisher for a long time they are worth 1K if nice condition

Also most likely came from a volunteer company ( coat & boot rails)

I can tell by looking at the body that is original Mack ,has a 500 gal.tank , 4 21/2 discharges, maybe a poly tank (guess)

Hi , just like so of the other guys mentioned go for the dayton rims ( the split rims are dangerous) , I had a steer tire rim fail cut the tube ,the rim was rusted out at the locking ring on inside which you could not see ,luckly was turning slow in front of my firehouse and had spare at my garage and a large floor jack inside the station. 6 new rims and 6 new radials (chinese) tubless on my 54 L Mack 1100 x 22.5 and what a difference in ride and no split rims even they where so called 'Safety Rims'

Really nice Mack L , I want through the same process on my 54 L pumper, www.whitepost.com in Virgina cost about $700.to rebuild the hydrovac, changed all tires and rims to Daytons rims and 1100x20 radials (better ride) after I had a flat on the steer tire ,the locking rim was very rusted out and dangerous,so what would the others look like ? came from snow country Changed the oil filter system from the old sock canister (only filters about 10% of your oil) to a spin-on,you have to make a bracket easy to do , I can send a photo to your phone. also changed the points in dists. to Petronics( electronic) ,must be made for positive ground if that is what you still have. Changed the batteries from 4- 6v to 2 -12 volt

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