609albert

looks good .....keep it out of the mud.....

your former R's where great looking trucks ,Ihope they are still in service or at least someone preserving them.

I think the mack tiller was at MATT PFAHL'S in ct. getting work done.

give me instructions on posting a photo ....... thanks

looks like a real work truck..... maybe they called it a DMLS85 mack ( the DM was a mack code for dump/mixer ,had front fenders like that. my mack has 2 deluge cannons that the previous owner installed ,told me it was a boston thing.I'll try to post

you saying you need a fuel tax number and sticker for antique truck with antique plates .......?

that's a great looking mack ,my company had a 72, was the best truck we ever had including all the new apparatus we have now, I pumped with it for 9 hrs straight in 1980 and didn't miss a beat.

The CRADEL OF LIBERTY chapter of SPAAMFAA Iis hosting the national antique fire muster this summer in south jersey(cherry hill).

bring your mack down.....

hi Charlie , looks like some good parts ,I don't need anything ,but I'll ask friends if they do. will you be a the spaafam national meet in jersey? AL

hose clamps, pry bars, hose repair devices( made of brass or steel, nozzels mounted on running boards, and like F.W.D. said if you need equipment go to Allentown spring melt.

my company allows beer at a meeting ,but if you drink you don't get on the truck period ... we merged 3fire co;s and 2 rescue squads into 1 company and a new 4M building in 2006 . Before the 2 other co's had bars,not the best thing for the town or the people we protect,just my 2 cents....

my vote is mack green!

cool truck you are going to build , In that last photo is your mack wrecker actually lifting the other wrecker......?

I looked at my LS85 today and yes it has the 2 smaller wire on the top rear of the alternator , couldn't tell where they go cause they are in cloth wire loom, but I did look at my MACK wiring diagram and it appears that the small wire closest to the engine goes to the rectifier and is shown as a ground wire connection ,the outboard wire goes to the voltage regulator. to be sure I would use a continuity testor (flash light with 2 wires) and check to get a light from the wire to a ground point on the engine . hope this helps

working on connecting up a dual bank BATTERY TENDER on my mack fire truck it has 2sets of batteries and wiring it up with plugs to connect & disconnect.

yea I hear you carl ....the divorce would cost more than the truck....

the jersey guys really know how to put their tankers (now called tenders) together, we have some of the best looking truck in the country.

I'll have my 54 LS85 mack their too, see you their,I was at the meeting in phila on sunday....

fxfymn , I also was thinking of the same thing that you suggested ,a circuit breaker in line before the one on the firewall.

thanks to ALL

actually it goes to the soleonoid and then the starter.....

I mostly run on both distributors ,seems to run a little smoother but they where designed to run on one set at a time.

As far as the new wires ,you might try using a stiff 'fish' wire to get through the tubing to put the new wire through.

the incoming cable comes from the cole/harst selector switch (either a or b set of batteries), then other side of fuse to the starter,I have to check that for sure tomorrow.

I have a 54 mack LS85 ,during restoration lost the main cartridge fuse that was on the firewall in the porclian

holder ,which I still have, just need to know size rating of the fuse and where to purchase, I;ve tried a 30 amp fuse and it blows, probably need a 50 or 60 amp but can't find one in the small diameter to fit into the holder.

louie : also depends somewhat on where your fuel tank is located,some L 's where above the pump, more gravity, some at rear between frame rails,farther to push fuel ,abetter pump.

I had a 47 L fuel tank above pump had an electric pump right near tank it was a mr. gasket and it burned out on me replaced it with another mr. gasket (cheapy) sold the truck soon after.If I was going to keep it would have looked for a better replacement, also be careful how it is wired in to the system.

yes pete Jorgensen owned that B sedan ,don't know what happened to it thought, I purchased petes 1954 L 85 MACK ,the last truck in his collection in june of 2009, he passed away 3 months later , our MACK was also lettered TUNBRIDGE ,we did a off frame restoration that was completed in November 2012. he also had a collection of JOHN DEERE tractors.

the collector that has your mack in n.y. first name ANDY ???