The "great start" was 9 months ago. I just got the engine back this week. All the components are done. Only assembly and adjustments left. Oh, and I have to take that water pump cassette back out and press the gilmer pulley on further to make them line up. I'm prepared for the electrics to have issues, so there's always that. Oh, and I haven't put any liquids in yet. There's always a leak somewhere. Hopefully it isn't the engine or trans needing to come back out, but that would be par for the course.