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It was an amazing early morning drive, although started a bit late but had loads of fun after a long time. Thanks, @Shafiq for excellent second lead and keeping the convoy safe at all time. For a first time second lead, you have done a wonderful job. We started from Bidayer by 5.00 AM and reached Iftar bowl by 8.00 AM and spent a good hour at top of Iftar bowl and now traffic started coming back as heat has reduced a little bit. By 9.00 we approached the super bowl and due to excessive heat by 10ish, we decided to safely exit as sand was getting too soft to continue in such hot weather. It was a great come back drive for all of us that after a long time we got back together with old time memories and drive style. Thanks, @Rahimdad, @Asif Hussain, @skumar83 @Shafiq and @shadow79 for the participation and great teamwork.

I don't know how I survived 3 weeks without a single drive. It wad tough, but I'm back. Excellent lead by @Gaurav bhai, excellent second lead by @Shafiq bhai, @shadow79 followed most of the instructions, while watching @Asif Hussain was like my whale watching trip in Boston. The Ford floated through the sands as a whale swims through the sea. Excellent trip with loads to do as sweep, but mind was still half asleep with just 2 hours sleep after a 14 hours flight. Well done everyone.

Those bearings look nasty. Would be worth having a look inside the oil pump.

The Mighty Paj’ rides again ! Hope to see it soon in real life as I’m planning to join you guys on one of the future newbie drives!

Finally, my darling Pajero is almost 100% back in form now. @shadow79 and Jalil installed this new engine three weeks back and the car started in the first crank. Kudos to Jalil's, great workmanship and attention to the detail - pretty impressive mechanic. Thanks, Saleem for all the support and speedy assistance. Thanks, @Barry for all the time and support. So far I have tested this new engine on two off-road drives and I'm pretty happy with the performance so far. On the first drive I didn't push much, to gauge the engine response and heating issue (if any), but on last Friday I tested this engine at iftar bowl hill climb and the car went up from left and right side in one attempt in HI gear. Last night I put the REDEX double dose of fuel system cleaner and drove to Abu Dhabi, that smoothen up the idle and also bumped the fuel efficiency and clear up the exhaust smell, so hoping to see some better throttle response in next drive. After we started the engine, we have opened the old engine and found the culprit but still, the mystery remains unclear as of why oil supply was insufficient to fry that metal.

Awesome drive @Gaurav. Thank you for posting this drive and to all of them who joined the drive@Shafiq @shadow79 @Rahimdadand all passengers with your full supports sri, arif, rafath and jalil