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It was an awesome seeing new faces and equally excited for the mountain drive that offered an amazing viewpoint and scenic beauty. I have experienced such a view after a long time since my last visit to Jabal jais (2017), since they opened to all and become a nightmare to find a sweet spot there. Looks like this mountain range offers a lot for scenic view + amazing camping spots + wadi/mountain exploration in one place. Thanks, everyone who stayed back to help @Mick and luckily with all teamwork and great coordination we have recovered his Range Rover from deep mud.

A Good drive. Had everything in it. Dedication of the Marshal, Team Spirit and togetherness. Gaurav, Hats Off to you. Inspite of family commitments you were there till the End. See you again soon. See you again Hossein. Same Same Car... 😉

the guy who sold me the the clutch kit told me that valeo was the fastest moving clutch kit followed by ac delco then the occasional mopar clutch kit which was the highest in price of them all yes the flywheel was skimmed it had glazing marks from the last clutch yes sure there was a problem with s kumar's jeep it had a driver who had prior experience driving a mitsubishi canter on road and the transition from on road to off road wasn't that smooth but now he and the jeep have reached a mutual understanding where they both into real kinky stuff ☺️

@desertdude I have not been ridding the pedal. If that was the case I would be burning my clutch even while driving onroad, forget while offroading. Driving a manual onroad and off-road are two completely different things. The mistake was when I was trying to self recover, I would give it a half clutch while reving the engine. The maximum burn used to happen when I used to engage low gear with the clutch half depressed. This was my mistake. Why I did the half clutch, to prevent the engine from stalling. It took me a few times to realise that the Jeep XJ rarely stalls on 4lo gear and I never have to hold the clutch. So whenever I am in a spot I engage low, release the clutch, and simply give it a bit of gas to get out. Also, I generally keep the Tyre pressure at 10-12 psi so that I don't have any issues. Not yet perfected the art of self recovery with a manual. The last Wagan drive, I was stuck in a side ways position in extreme soft sand, and I learnt from Gaurav how to rotate the tyres just the lit bit in intervals without burning the clutch while holding the gas pedal at 2000 - 3000 rpm. Unfortunately I m not a born driver, but I am willing to learn and have learnt few things the hard way or rather the burnt way..

Hi guys, thanks for an awesome day, I hope Michael and his car is fine now, I will upload some pictures and footage, see you soon

Saleem is right that the issue with the burning clutch was due to my inexperience with a manual transmission especially while offroading. However, that being said once we installed the original Mopar Clutch, it became so light in comparison to the earlier clutch. But coming back to the original post I have tried boxinus.com as it was a free registration compared to the shop and ship which was charging USD 45 as a one time registration fee. Will post my experience once I get my parcel.

I think saleem found the actual problem here.

It's already created https://carnity.com/gallery/category/101-hatta-to-shawka-mountain-exploration-14-dec-2018

Jeans and band shirts are what I’ve worn for as long as I can remember. Good conversation point too. If you see someone wearing a shirt of a band you like, you know you can walk up to them and have a conversation with them. I was out of my home country for a few months. The day I got back, I was wearing a WASP shirt. Some guy walked up to me and asked me if I was here for the concert. I didn’t even know they were playing but i ended up finding out because some random person walked up to me and asked me because of my shirt.

Last min entry 😅 on my way.