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It's time to call for an absolute newbie drive in our much-loved sandbox - Maliha - Fossil rock. Looking forward to an easy relaxing drive for everyone with plenty of opportunities to side slope, hill climb, and ridge riding. Absolute newbie or newbies will have great chance to see and learn the real fun that off-roading offers in a very safe and organized environment. When: 10 November 2017 Meeting time: 02:00 PM, convoy will move sharply at 02:15 PM Where: Adnoc Petrol Station Maleha Road GPS Coordinate: https://goo.gl/maps/mzb26kxzte72 Level of drive: Newbie - Fewbie - All are welcome Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 10 inches of ground clearance. Plan: Drive, train and enjoy till sunset What to bring along: Loads of snacks, plenty of water - whatever you like with little extra to share, water, liquids, smiles, stories, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 7 PM Please RSVP on below calendar

I cant mıss thıs one! I wıll be there.

I agree with all of the above comments if you DIY you will exactly attend what is faulty and also do it to the perfection like an English saying: If you want the job well done, then do it yourself - real word of wisdom. I usually don't get my hands dirty but I do supervise and counter question even the best mechanic on board here not because I don't trust them, but to really learn and practice someday what they do. I love learning new stuff in car mechanical work out of curiosity and for a reason to be ready for any unforeseen situation. So far I have done below stuff in various cars: Changed spark plugs for Range Rover Troubleshoot vacuum and missing cause in my Pajero Changed thermostat in Land Cruiser Helping hand to barry when we have to rip apart the Pajero manifold in a jiffy for fixing fuel injector leak for a next day offroad drive. Endless desert quick fix or makeshift arrangement in various cars.

Bloody hate it! As is evident from my post in that link!

I pretty much worked on all I cars Ive owned save for bigger jobs or jobs that needed an extra pair od hands, then I would go down to my buddies workshop and we would tackle it toghter. This year Ive been ( out of need ) doing a lot of electrical work. Most extensive job this year was dismantling my interior center console and modifying a connector bmw ignition switch which I got from the scrappies for 50dhs which is exactly the same pin wise but a connector collar is a mirror image. Similar LR part would cost me a couple of grand. Unfortunately that wasnt the issue. So had to pull out the starter from below which was huge PITA got it refurbished at a little hidden shop that just does starter motors and dynamos. Put everything back and the job was a good one. Other electrical job was in my other older ride which developed a strange issue that every now and then while driving all interior power and headlights and tails would go out and then come back after sometime. After lengthy investigation I narrowed it down to what could only be power supply from under the hood fusebox to the interior ecu under the driver seat. So ran a new lenght of wire instead of ripping out the entire wiring loom from the fusebox point to interior ecu ( it helps to have repair manuals and electrical diagrams !) And its been 6 months plus and its been working fine. So overall I think saved myself atleast a few grand in repair costs.

last time i had a guy come in who didn't wanted to pay up and said that its a kids play to fix his cars leaking head gasket i rented my tools to him and made him fix it himself where i at most of the time had to supervise his work and had to guide him and later on had to fix the head myself as he had given up....but in the end he payed me good and left a nice tip too

Interesting stuff and I have only seen it from a distance. Join me @Jeh in some of the drives I'll drive you up and you can teach me how to do it.