Who works on Mud Buddy L Ts near Baton Rouge?
I just got my 13 hp Honda on it tuned up, with a new throttle lever, but I'm pretty sure the seals and bearings on the shaft need replacing. I like DIY. I just finished my first complete brake job on my Nissan D21 4x4 and it stops on a dime... and a half ( still need to bleed out a little air), but I am not feeling frisky enough to go solo on something that could take me way back in the swamp and strand me. I am hesitant to try it, even using Mud Buddy's rather faded and slightly confusing pictorial tutorial. Maybe someone out there's got a better diy instructional?

I know there's authorized Mud Buddy techs in N.O. and Lake Charles, BUT, I'd like to hire someone, nearby, to help me do the job, to learn how to do it right the first time.
Any recommendations?
Thanx for y'all's help.

You mean to tell me that nobody on this forum knows a good longtail mechanic near Baton Rouge?
Wow!

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Thanx, Indawoods.

Honestly, I'd about given up on getting help from the MMT gang.

Fortunately, I did get a PM from an interesting, generous, extremely helpful guy. (But, according to several MMT posts, some of y'all seem to think he's a wacko.) Anyway, "MM" (Mystery Man, I'll call him, for now) is helping me re-birth my rig! If not for him, I'd probably miss another season, like I did last year, or try to fix it myself and make things even worse.

MM's not just fixing my motor, he's patiently teaching me how to do it. And that's valuable help you just can't find everywhere!

Ordered parts came in yesterday. Almost finished repainting the frame. Got a little shaft reconditioning left to do and then it'll be time to assemble and hit some skinny water, hopefully this weekend. I'm getting excited! I'll report on how it's going, soon.

(P.S: Thanx, Mystery Man!)