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I believe SW was for "Special Wheelbase" but I'm not 100%.... EDIT... SW is for Six Wheel Chassis although technically it's a ten wheeler....

A few months back I found the thread about Gettysburg's B85F that I now own after being a member of GFD during my college years.... The attached photos are from my hometown department in Millwood, NY aprox 25 miles north of NYC. This B95F is one of only two tandem axle B model fire trucks built by Mack. The other being B95FSW 1161 which went to Gallery Chemical Co. in Pittsburgh, PA a few months after Millwood took delivery of theirs. This was a very progressive pumper for its day with 1500gal tank, the vast majority of equipment enclosed in compartments (including the hard suction, pike poles, and preconnects covered on the hose bed and the hose reels built into protected compartments on the rear step) as well as enclosed seating for 5ff's and an early version of a pre-piped foam eductor. It was re powered sometime in the 70's or 80's with a normally aspirated diesel (I forget which) converted to an automatic and had primitive power steering added. I rode on this rig to my first fire in 1993 and have a very fond place in my heart for it. It was replaced by a Kenworth 4 door, 3600 gallon pumper tanker in 1994 or 1995 and is now in a private collectors hands still in the Hudson Valley. I hope to re acquire the rig someday on behalf of the MFC and restore it to the level I did with Gettysburg's B85F and donate the truck back to MFC as a fully functional antique. Unfortunately from what I'm told it is nearly impossible to get a truck out of the gentlemen's collection who has it now although I'll try when finances permit. Enjoy

Is there scoring or texture to the race? If not the bearing may be all that needs to be replaced. I've never replaced one in the location you are asking about, but on my race (no pun intended) car hubs, I've used an inverted co2 dust sprayer on the race to freeze it and a torch on the hub housing and could get the old race out. When installing the new race put it in the freezer for a few hours and heat the housing with the torch again (not the surface that the race slides into, but around it). Grab the race from the freezer and use a shim and a hammer to push it in place quickly.... Really quickly!!! I'm not sure if this will work for your application but it has been successful in race replacement for me!!!!

Negative... 671 is an inline six with each cylinder having 71 cubic inches. 6v71 is a V6 with each having 71 cubic inches... Nomenclature is the same for all 53, 71, 92 series detroits. 653 inline 6... 6v53 is V6... Etc

So it couldn't be 671 Detroit? Different motor than a 6v71... ?

Here is an example... https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQTpygNZGxVTDO-mnOd0GU5ZfThk-oAfNWUN_5zurBZBXsNWMJT1A

ESU is a police designation in the north east. Emergency Services Unit. NYPD runs 11 or 12 Macks just like this one in the ESU ranks.

Ex NYPD ESU?

Isn't it the same glass as a CF?

There are many rumors as to why the open cab. There is just as much commentary on the definition of what is open and what is not. Technically this rig would be considered a semi open cab due to the existence of doors. An open cab would have no doors. I certainly don't claim to have all the answers but many of the stories from the old-timers consisted of reasoning that without radios cell phones and even telephones for that matter that an open cab allowed them to smell and see the fire that they were theoretically responding to. The story with this rig goes a little deeper. Again unconfirmed but it has been told that when the apparatus committee arrived for their predelivery inspection they instructed Mack to cut the roof off so that it would look like a proper fire engine.

Pic of rig upon arrival in Florida.

Came across this thread today....Gettysburg's old B85F is mine. Myself and my father-in-law purchased it in 2006 from the GFD. I had been a member there in college up until 2000 and ran many calls on this rig until it was retired in 1998. At retirement it was slime lime with SCBA's, 5in hose, modern engine company equipment and communications capabilities. GFD had no interest in spending the money to keep it in the ready reserve / antique role and it sat from 1998 until 2006 being used infrequently for training. Although I can't prove it 14 years after the fact, I believe that I was on this rig when it went to its last major fire. The pictures above were from before gold leaf and hose reels being re-installed above the pump area (dunnage area). The truck underwent an 6 year cosmetic restoration and the punch list was finally worked out two weeks ago and the rig in is Florida now. Mechanically the rig was converted to a 6V53 and an Allison automatic in the 1970's and both function strong without need for anything more than a tuning. Converting back to Thermodyne and manual transmission spec's would be cost prohibitive at this point although its not out of the question for the future. Honestly the rig is very driveable with the Detroit in it. In addition, the hose bed was raised in the 1970's to accommodate a 1000-1100 gal tank... The larger tank remains as cutting down the body at this point seemed futile. Tons of stories and info about this truck... too much to share. Please ask if you have any questions. Attached picture was two weeks ago at Lady & Taylor in Gettysburg (Heidlersburg) during final inspection.