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Old 09-30-2008 | 05:09 PM
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Craig Colabella 407-498-0094 , St Cloud Fl........he ends up fixing alot of other peoples mistakes....30 years in the business of Mercury Drives.
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Old 09-30-2008 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by skaterdave
it's Craig Colabella
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craig has more experience than anyone in the business. he was with merc racing back in the day when the six drive was first developed. plus his pricing is worth shipping to him.
Is he the one that does the bluprinting on the skegs,or subs it out?
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Old 09-30-2008 | 05:47 PM
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don't think craig does that. i thought herring was doing it but don't know now that he's been bought out.
don't know if that even worth it unless racing supercat or something like that.
either way craig would know where to go, he knows almost everybody in the racing world.

like beckley said, craig fixes alot of these things for alot of other people.
i don't think anybody even comes close to how long craig has been doing drives.
wow craig must be really old!!!
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Old 10-01-2008 | 06:19 PM
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Mark Wilson, who is on the board, does the skeg blueprinting as does Herring.
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Old 10-01-2008 | 08:30 PM
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hey PIT give me a PM I did all the drives for the OL race team and service shop when I was there.
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Old 10-01-2008 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Strip Poker 388
Is he the one that does the bluprinting on the skegs,or subs it out?
Rob spoke to Craig today and he still sends the skegs to Hering , there is a welding/fabrication shop in Florida near ocala that has been doing the skegs for years.hoping to get the phone # tomorrow morn
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Old 10-12-2008 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by HotPursuit
I have used Randy with Marine Drives for 10 yrs now.
He also dry sump my drives.No problems with any work or repairs. His shop is in Inglis Fla 352-447-0309

How big of a job is it to convert a wet sump to dry? If one was wanting dry sump drives is it feasible to do the conversion (if you don't have 6's at all) or just look for dry sump 6's. Just asking because I've seen wet sumps for sale much cheaper than dry......
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Old 10-12-2008 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Brent Medley
How big of a job is it to convert a wet sump to dry? If one was wanting dry sump drives is it feasible to do the conversion (if you don't have 6's at all) or just look for dry sump 6's. Just asking because I've seen wet sumps for sale much cheaper than dry......
I think its well worth it.If you dont have wet sumps allready it just depends on the market.Just depends on other work needed on the used drives.Randy had totally rebuilt my drives,bearings,gears,seals,U-joints,some shafts the year before.The conversion cost 12K with the converted skigs. Randy with Marine Drives has been around since the 80s or earlier.
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Old 10-12-2008 | 01:06 PM
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Down here we have many great places to choose from:

Doller
BAM
TNT
Offshore Outdrives
Colabella
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Old 10-12-2008 | 05:37 PM
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Ryan, is Craig Colabella also ok for crash boxes? i have a few daytona and merc boxes i need to get fresh...?

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