paolo dassi Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) Thanks Srikumar and all the participants to this morning drive! It has been a challenging yet very enjoyable drive, heat put some additional strain to our cars, but we fully enjoyed it. Disappointing from my side the struggle to climb up pinck rock, while it was quite straightforward last time round... anyway, looking forward to the next drive! Some pictures added to the gallery! Edited May 22, 2020 by paolo dassi 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jun Zamora Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 Dear Guys, My sincere thanks to the whole convoy under the leadership of @Srikumar, for helping me out on being stuck. Another lesson and experience learned. In my observation, the moment the HOT OIL message shows out from the dashboard, the engine became weaker and that was probably the reason i got stuck. Thanks for advice of installing a cooling fan at the front of my radiator. Can anyone recommend good shop that can do the job? Thanks everyone it was a very enjoyable drive! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jun Zamora Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 Thanks a lot @asifk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Wrangeld Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 It's a strange old world. Just when you think it's safe to get back out and do the tings we enjoy the most, a spanner in the works sort of slows you down. Arrving at the staging post for the drive, everyone kept the Covid 19 rules and stayed the car. Everyone arrived on time and we hit the deflaton point with the prospect of a long morning's drive until the sun would make it too hot to handle. @Srikumar led us off with @Jun Zamora in second lead. With a great assortment of fewbies and experienced newbies, the plan was to start slowly and let us all get back ito the groove - after all, it's ben quite some time since a few of us were out in the sand and the sand has changed a lot since the Winter days when there was still a lot of moisture under the top layers. It was great to see (if not be able to properly say hi to) @Jolly Abraham and @Shiju Manuel and of course @Tbone again after such a long break as well as a few others with whom we have not ahd the chance to drive so often. The convoy set off with @Ale Vallecchi as Centre Forward and with @Jeepie at the wheel of the TJ in sweep. Riding at the back of a convoy especially as a passenger allows you to see just how incredibly well the drivers' skills devlop. Experience shows, and with @Kalahari and @luwaimn there's more than enough to expect that there will be very few places where anything will go wrong. @paolo dassi has great control of his little Pajero and seemed totally unphased to be back. At the front, there were a few more challenges. Soft sand, maybe not seeing the lay of the land and we had a few refusals, but nothing serious. Then came the first real stuck of the day. As @Srikumar and @Ale Vallecchi braved the heat to help dig out @Jun Zamora, first his Jeep and then a few of the engines idling by as we waited, started to overheat. It's not uncommon - after all this is a Desert! Holding our Covid positions, and with nothing showing on the gauges we really did not expect the next thing to ba catastophic heating system blowout that deposited 7 litres of coolant into the desert and (unfortunately) onto Ale's foot. All credit to @Jeepie for making sure there were emergency spares in the car [many years of driving classic motorbikes has developed a sense in you that understands stuff will go wrong] so that we could carry out a desert repair that was enough to get us to a mechanic in Al Madam that put the radiator pipe back in place. Many thanks to @Ale Vallecchi for leading us out an sticking with us to make sure we were mobile again. To all the pther drivers on this drive ( @RohanH, @asifk) I am pleased that you could reform the convoy and enjoy the rest of the drive with Sri. From what he says, that went off without incident. Well done guys. There's learnigns from every trip to the desert. This week it's 'expect the unexpected'. There was zero expectation that a pipe might blow from the bottom of the radiator. All it took was one clip failing. The second is don't panic. Your Carnity friends will do everythig they can to get you moving and out of the desert. I personally did not get a chance to drive at all on Friday (which may have had an effect on my state of mind Saturday), but that's OK. I was in the incredibly safe hands (at the wheel) of @Jeepie and got the chance to observe. Frankly, it's a totally under estimated learning tool that we seem to ignore because it's not as exceiting as driving. I recommend to everyone to try sitting as a passenger in a car in the desert. You'll be astonished at how much you can learn from that. As the TJ is up and running again, I am pleased to be able to say ... See you soon in the sand. 8 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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