Biohazard

Presently, my phone is in worse shape than my car so, no pics to add but some baby-steps have been made:

BRAKES
Removed the master cylinder (the new one) cleaned it up and painted it black...reinstalled it.
Purged all brake lines, connected them, and bled the brakes at all four points.
Topped system off with Valvoline 3/4 synthetic.

REAR END
Removed differential cover and drained the old gear oil. Nasty, nasty, nasty.
Blasted the diff out with some choke cleaner, mostly to aid in flushing the old oil.
Reinstalled cover with new gasket and serviced with Valvoline 75w90 synthetic gear lube.

STARTING
Tested my starting system. I had been using a jumper from the battery direct to the ign coil. Needed to see if the key switch would do the job. With the key "ON" the car will start and run if I use the remote start trigger. But, the key switch isn't spinning the starter. So, I need to troubleshoot why the key switch is not sending voltage to the start solenoid.
On the up side, running the car with voltage actually going thru the ballast resistor (which is bypassed when I use the jumper wire) kept the battery from bubbling over while the engine was running. Suggests my voltage regulator is fine. Had a + reading on the ammeter while it was idling, too.