Anyone know of a place to get an old 888 fork serviced?

Like the title says - I have a friend with a circa 2004 Demo 9 and a Marzocchi 888 fork that was serviced by a local-to-him shop in Denver, Colorado that is now leaking profusely. If I recall correctly this generation of Marzocchi had separate oil seals and dust wipers, and I suspect that the wipers were replaced but perhaps the oil seals weren't (or were done incorrectly). 

So far Dirtlabs in Colorado and Avalanche have both declined to service the fork owing to age. Any other ideas? I would offer to do it myself but my friend is a 6 hr drive away which makes it impractical, and my expertise only goes as far as lower leg service and I figure a full service of all seals is probably a good idea.

I have heard good things about this place: 

https://www.mtbforksbymark.com/

Might be worth contacting him.

If it's functioning correctly but just leaking, any shop with a 35mm or 38mm seal press and seals (IIRC, there were two different size stanchion sizes over the years unless that was just the 66?) can do it. Finding the seals might be the hardest part. You are effectively just doing a lower service anyway, just with around 280ml of oil in each leg rather than around 10ml! Maybe the shop forgot to re-install the retaining clip that holds the oil seal in place, like I did on a 66 the other week..... I noticed it when cleaning my work bench.... Luckily I managed to get the wiper seals back out without damaging them and saved all the oil.

Whistler

https://s4suspension.com/collections/marzocchi

North Van

https://suspensionwerx.com/brands/

Denver's that way -->    ;)

Posted by: kavurider

I have heard good things about this place: 

https://www.mtbforksbymark.com/

Might be worth contacting him.

Looks like Mark can get his fork serviced for about $150 which seems reasonable considering seals, labor, and huge oil volume, so he is going to send it off soon. Thanks for the suggestion! 

Posted by: trumpstinyhands

If it's functioning correctly but just leaking, any shop with a 35mm or 38mm seal press and seals (IIRC, there were two different size stanchion sizes over the years unless that was just the 66?) can do it. Finding the seals might be the hardest part. You are effectively just doing a lower service anyway, just with around 280ml of oil in each leg rather than around 10ml! Maybe the shop forgot to re-install the retaining clip that holds the oil seal in place, like I did on a 66 the other week..... I noticed it when cleaning my work bench.... Luckily I managed to get the wiper seals back out without damaging them and saved all the oil.

Yeah - I wish that most local shops were trustworthy enough to do a seal swap without any issue but I don't really think that's the case given his previous experience with a clearly botched installation of fork seals by a local shop. Most shops in Denver basically told him to throw the bike away and declined to service it when he removed it from storage to get it rolling again which was disappointing to hear. 

Posted by: heckler

Whistler

https://s4suspension.com/collections/marzocchi

North Van

https://suspensionwerx.com/brands/

Denver's that way -->    ;)

Thanks for the suggestions - will send these along if MTB Forks by Mark doesn't happen to work out.