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Working away on the truck. Most of the firewall paint was removed. A caramel disc (usually used to remove stickers) is an effective method to remove old spray paint. A couple of spots need to be touched up to finalize the firewall.

I rebuilt the starter motor with a new Bendix, brushes, and bearings.

478 has the timing cover and top end installed. Need to make a slight dent in the 305 oil pan to clear for the governor; the 478 oil pan is deeper. Can't run the 478 pan due to the slope in the pan interfering with the front end.

Also, I wanted to run the original 4-groove pulley due to the external weight. Turns out I cannot, it hits the water pump pulley on the light-duty timing cover. Planning to make a fixture to balance the 305 pulley to the 478 pulley; I will make up an external weight, which can be easily bolted to the 305 pulley.

Also working on the engine wiring harness. Hope to install the 478 soon, when the firewall work is completed.

For reference I took a picture of the crank shaft keyway. It has a very odd shape to it, basically an extended Woodruff key.