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Seems like you haven't been around in the UAE for too long. Prices across all gas stations is the same as its regulated by the govt. Only Adnoc E-plus 91 octane price is lower by a few fils

When people say that flushing older stuff isn’t good, what they really mean is the transmission is already banjaxed and all the dirt and gunk is blocking leaks and hiding noises which would otherwise not be noticeable. A transmission doesn’t get used to an oil. It’s a specialised piece of equipment built to high tolerances. It needs a proper flow of clean oil to work properly. Better to flush it and fix it properly instead of hiding and ignoring problems.

Thanks, I didn’t know.

Here its national rate mean all the gas stations sell at the same price

Welcome Xaf ! You’ll find that this forum contains lots of information about taking your first steps in the desert. Browsing through it will bring you up to speed on the basics and our Carnity off-road family will teach you the rest in real life !

Hi Xaf! Welcome to carnity! Don’t worry about being a noob, the best of us have all started somewhere!

^^^^ That, when a really high mileage already riddled with gunk and on it way out tranny you put in new clean fresh oil it might lead to shift shock. If you don't attack this issue now, then its only going to get worse from here. And its a sheep! What were you expecting it wont burn a hole in your wallet! Lol So a fluid flush is the cheapest way right now to try the remedy the issue.

When I first bought my Jeep it was shifting bit rough. Than I found out that oil level was less. When we add 1lt oil it started shifting like a dream. Lately(probably after my last off road drive I got transmission over heat light) i feel like it is having issue to shift between 1 to 2. If I am speeding properly it is shifting OK but if I am driving very slowly or accelerating slowly it shifting roughly. What I mean it is shaking the car. It is like it can't decide to stay on 1 or shifting 2. I feel like it is going 2 than 1 than again 2. I am thinking maybe since the transmission got over heat oil got bad and I need to change oil. I guess the bad option is transmission got damage. what is your ideas? Other than the shifting 1-2 all other gears shifting very very smooth even 2-1 down shift is good.

Sorry to start a new topic, but I didn't see a sub-group for new members, maybe an idea if it doesn't exist? Looking forward to meet you, would have liked to join todays night drive, but I am a totally newbie, so won't pull you back this evening. Not always off in the weekends, so might take some time to join one of the newbie drives. No offroad experience. Xaf

I'm restoring a classic Mercedes at the minute. I guess the best way to describe the steering would be something similar to driving a hovercraft. I have renewed every steering arm and balljoint including idler and pitman arm, rebuilt the entire steering column with every bush, bearing and knuckle. Now I am stuck with a sloppy steering box. Proper old school hydraulic steering box, not a nice modern rack and pinion system. Does anyone have a reliable person who can rebuild steering boxes with no faults first time? I just don't have time to tear it down and spend 3 days looking for parts. If they don't rip me off on price, well that would be fantastic.

Not only that but sometimes you can get half of the bits from one brand and the other half from some other brand...

I was wondering which fuel stations are the cheapest in the UAE? Is there an application or website available where you can see the fuellprizes at the different stations?

My guess is it's either the Dictatormobile the 600 Grosser or the Gull Wing 300 SL

I agree. @Barry will probably find that at least half a dozen other Mercedes models have used the same box for donkey's years.

Bits and bobs are common among several platforms. Do a little research and you'll probably find that some mass produced shitty model also used the same steering box. Might even be in another brand name too if the box was made by a third party. Like I found out my Oh so expensive blower motor for my old range rover was made by Valeo and new one which fits into some Scania truck is also the sae amd new is for 55dhs!

Money isn’t an issue. If I told you what was spent on this car you would cry. You could probably go out and buy a new Lamborghini for what was spent on this build. There were only 1200 of these cars built and there are less than 100 left. The parts just aren’t out there and Mercedes aren’t interested in reproducing them in such a small quantity. I’ve asked.

That's awesome, see you soon.

Thanks to the fantastic service of @shadow79 and Jalil, all bushings are replaced and I’ll be joining in tonight !

Well if it doesn't work then I'm sure you can one online. Only thing is its going tp cost the customer

Some people are saying that flushing in higher mileage car is not good. Some saying flush is best some saying just drain and change, keeping some old oil is good because transmission got used to it. https://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f13/transmission-fluid-change-flush-can-cause-problems-618496/

Mk 1 Escort Mexico ❤️ Tastefully modified too ❤️❤️ My uncle has a signal green one. Worth close to 250k now. Not the fastest car in the world but a lot of fun to drive.

I’ll have a play with it after the weekend and see what happens. Hopefully it works. It can be a pain in the arse sometimes working on these old cars. The parts just aren’t available and you have to work with what you’ve got. And if you break something? That’s a whole new story.

I concur, do a full flush, not just drain the sump and refill. If you don’t flush, you’re still left with dirty oil in the torque converter, valves etc. We have a flushing machine in the shop. Haven’t tested it yet, just saw it sitting in the corner.

That's what I was going to say, If you go too much the steering gets stiff and you need to go back a little. I used to do it all the time in my older Land Rovers, Every few years needed to be turned a little bit. Om the last one I had it had gotten to the point it was fully tight and it couldnt go any further so after that it was going either going to be a rebuild or a new box. But before that time came I ended up selling it.

Thanks for that. Every days a school day in this trade!

Hi @MansourZ I saw your signup for today's drive, can you please share your offroad experience and which 4x4 you drive? If you are absolute newbie in desert and this will be your first drive, then I will request you to wait for absolute newbie drive as night drives are not meant for absolute newbie experience.

@MansourZ Can you tell us if you have already driven in the dunes ? And which 4x4 you drive ?

"Steering torque" is Mercedes-speak for excessive free play in the steering box. The adjustment you see is actually to remove steering slop, but if the gears are too worn, taking up the slack in the straight ahead position might cause the box to bind at or close to full lock. Anyway, try adjusting the box and see what happens- with some luck you might be able to remove the slop without causing binding at full lock.

It is like the middle one. Actually i am not keeping it on 1 or 2. Whenever i am going around bowl or something, i am engaging it to make it not to shift. Only for few seconds.

And pray you didn't burn your 1st and 2nd clutch. When I read your offtoading post I was going to say don't stick it on 1 and 2 and keep it there for long because you might end up overheating and burning the clutches. Most probably that's what caused your trans to overheat in the first place

Well it shouldn't be brown, start with flushing, not draining and refill, but complete flush and refill to see if it fixes the issue.

Thanks a lot @Javier M

i just realized how much i miss off roading

Unfortunately not. The only adjustment on it is for steering torque. When the gears inside are gone, that’s it.

It look brownish but not so dark. I didn't smell it. I will check the smell also.

Full drive

Maybe you burnt your ATF does it look brown and smells burnt or pinkish redish and smell sweet.

As you only did a top-up the last time, I suggest to first change the oil and filter and see if it improves.

Let me check with a friend he restores classics...

Doesn't it have an adjustment nut to eat up the slop like old land rovers.

E46? Illegal as heck. Show me your automatic licence ya akhi habibi!!

Yes. But I haven’t got time to look into it, I have too many projects on the go. I should post some of them on here. I need someone to fix this and I will say ok I will pay you cash.

Too much slop in the worm gears ?

Tyres I can't comment on but for batteries I only use Amaron in the 4 years I've been here and never had an issue with them.

So we will have morning drives next month?

How are below 2 GOODYEAR THAILAND - EFFIGRIP DUNLOP JAPAN - TG 35

There is a website who sells BJ's and fjs old model's original and with basic upgrades like ac and power steering and auto trans too but it's pricey you might have to pay them with your eyes hands and balls too while you at it...😂😎

In the XJ !