The attached video link is of my fire engine (Mexico's   (NY)  old Engine 8) pumping water Friday June 5, 2009.  I drove the truck from my house to Metzgers Pond in Constantia. I was able to get water flowing in less than a minute....the rotary gear primer works very well on this former Engine 8....My friend Jack Cottet manned the nozzle for me while I took the video.

It has been an expensive project with almost $15000 invested so far.....I am outfitting her with original equipment from that era.

I personally have rebuilt the deck gun, repacked the pump, rebuilt nozzles, performed various tasks, and added a vacuum pump to provide additional vacuum for the brake system when the engine is short on vacuum.  I also have an American Fire Apparatus portable pump which is the same exact one that I used as a North Bay fireman in the early 60's (purchased from North Bay). 

I had Pat's Brake Service replace the entire basic vacuum booster brake system along with the clutch master and slave.

 I was also a former Fire Chief and Assistant Chief of Mc Connellsville  FD in the late 1970's and early 1980's and currently are working with North Bay again.

Sincerely,

Jim