I completed installing the drivers panel last night. Went a lot smoother than the passenger. The toughest part is really ensuring that the bottom side is tight to the frame. After getting everything riveted I used 3 ratchet straps to put some light pressure on the sides to ensure they had good adhesion to the silicone.
I used a pressure bleeder that was recommended on the forum to re-bleed my brakes because I was unhappy with my results using a vacuum bleeder. Very straight forward and very easy. The vaccum bleeder actually did a pretty good job. There was really no/minimal air. There is a thread / video on the forum on how its performed. But for those who want a link to the bleeder...
HERE.
I had a few issues last night. I found that my front passenger side caliper is leaking around the piston. I took it apart, then put it back together and it wasn't any better. The piston is not scratched at all...the Oring looked ok, but I am going to pick up a rebuild kit today (basically just an new O ring and gasket). Hopefully that fixes it. Otherwise I'll have to go buy a new caliper, have it blasted the re powdercoat it...and then hope it doesn't get warped like this one may have.
For those of you who commented that your goblin an for a couple seconds after shutting it off....I was reading a few threads and it appears if you put a blocking diode on the power heat exchanger wire. That will fix the issue. I've ordered some from amazon
here. I'll let you guys know if it works...
In efforts to be more ready to tow it without a trailer I bought new rod ends to replace the nuts on the suspension, then buying a old beetle tow bar and connect it up...I bought
these.