Shannon,

The two driving reasons for my attitude on the topic are:

1)  A reversed spool valve holds little relevance on your hydraulic
system functionality (IMHO).
2) A seal kit costs $30 and takes minimal time to rebuild.  This is white noise compared to all the headaches and pain involved in
building a plane.  I built wooden overcenter links that I used for 8
months while building because Lancair did have mine built.  The
scalloping of the tail also was a huge undertaking to fit the MK II
tail.  If I were going to raise heck about kit manufacturer errors I would
choose bigger, more cost and effort intensive topics.  To me it's all
about choosing (or ignoring) your battles.  Fighting this one had no
interest to me. Larry