Chris,
Thank you so much for taking up the baton. I was really sick of carrying it and you're obviously the right guy to have it next.  If my experience was anything to go by you've almost done you're share. Just one or two in-flight issues to go, and you can hand it off to some "newbie". :)

While I know it's possible for an "amateur" to rebuild an engine correctly, and the value in being able to get through the learning curve is high, some of the smartest people I know (Ed, you) have had issues with their own rebuild, so my inclination was to have the engine build by someone who's done it thousands of times and knows all the tricks, rather than risk a problem with the most critical in-flight component. Building an airplane from scratch is hard enough without adding this additional effort.

If it were me, I'd take the thing to Bruce and watch while he does it - you may recall that I actually did that when my turbo imploded and took out a seal. Cost was about $1000 (and I needed a rotor) and it took about 6 hours (plus 16 hours driving time).

I guess the good news is that you're new hardware wont be damaged, and all you probably need is an O ring.

Like Tracy, I've had my engine well over 235 a couple of times without a problem so I doubt you over heated it.

>So, the fun starts when????????
about 12 months after you're first flight.

Regards and good wishes.
John