desertdude

Hence I said Desert exploration and night drive don't belong in the same sentence. 

Oil eh, always ruffles the feathers around here!

If it was for the transmission I'd say stick with OEM and all this discussion is kinda pointless, since its for the power steering. Which in this Pajero is basically nothing but a hydraulic pump and ram. And the manual itself as posted says its fine to use Dex II or III, so really not that much of an issue. Much ado about nothing!

Yes some cars require fancy pants oil even for steering but this is not the case here. Any reasonable brand Dex II or III should be fine, as long as its not made from old samosa and paratha ghee refined in a shed in Ajman.
 
 

Current: Range Rover P38A, Range Rover L322 

I'd get myself a 1997 NAS spec V8 petrol Auto transmission SWB Defender, maybe up the ante with a 4.6 transplant And/Or a 1995 Softdash Range Rover Classic and/Or A Range Rover L405, nothing like off roading in ultimate luxury and 550 supercharged horses on call
 

And RD most of the Disco IIs still came with the Xcase still with the lockable center diff with only the linkage to engage it missing, you can go under and manually lock by hand, or get the linkage from an old D1. I still prefer the old D1 for its simplicity, no airbags, no three amigos, no nothing.   

Desert exploration at night! Isn't that an oxymoron.

What a coincidence, I was just looking this up just a few days back. Id buy even with the shitty small oil burner motor, just for the looks.

The Land Cruiser does not use coil overs, it has a combination of separate coils and shocks at the rear and torsion rods and shocks up front. For a good mix of on and off road driving, You can use HD coils at the back and torque up the torsion rods up front, leaving the shocks alone

"About the power, it is not more than enough especially for those sand hills" 

People who know me, know this is true. So I'm not just making this up

Earlier my profession was that of a Desert Safari guide, which I did for almost a decade, and used the same car you are thinking off, first was a 2000 GXR LC100 series with a manual transmission and later a 2003 LC 2003 with an Auto,So I know these cars pretty well and big part of my day was spent driving them and on off days in the shop with them,  fully loaded with 6 pax, full two tanks of fuel and very basic suspension modification ( heavy duty coil in the rear and torqued stock torsion bars up front )  it had still enough power to go everywhere and I drove in almost every desert patch in this country from Liwa to Khatim.

Also mind you these were not bought brand new off the showroom floor, but bought second on the cheap with over 100k kms on the clock, never opened stock engine with not even a CAI or modded exhaust.  

So to answer your question, yes it does have enough power.

"The compulsory condition for maintaining motor vehicles at automobile dealers' workshops has been abolished ,to the convenience of car owners with warranty intact. Motorists can get their cars serviced at other car repair and maintenance workshops, ministry of economy announced on Tuesday."

http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/transport/service-location-shouldn-t-affect-car-warranty-in-uae-1.1636184

Sweet ride! Have always loved the old jags, almost even bought one once. Unfortunately I don't think anybody other than the dealers has the level of jaguar specific diagnostic equipment available to unlock/sync your replacement ECU model with the other bits and bobs on the jag.

I would suggest check online to see if anyone offers these services in the UK, usually requires sending the ECU to them, or look for diagnostic equipment thats able to unlock and sync Jag ECUs

A rudimentary google search lead me to this 
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xj-xj6-xj8-xjr-x350-x358-28/re-programming-ecu-139181/

http://www.drewtech.com/mongoose/jlr.html

Dude, a land cruiser already has more than enough power for a teen who can't even drive on the roads legally yet. First of all what you want to do is illegal and a fine-able offence so don't expect too much help on an open forum and secondly Derick is correct, all those "arab dudes" you are talking about spend small fortunes and countless hours in garages modifying their cars, a lot of trial and error is also involved with a lot of blown engines, transmissiosn etc etc. If only if it were that easy by just slapping on a junked turbo from a scrapyard. 

I wouldn't even let my kid have something like a land cruiser as a first car, I'd let him ding about in a jap ecobox for a year or so to learn the ropes and get a few fender benders out of the way first before getting him something halfway decent.

So my sincere advise, 1st get a license, then learn how to drive and get comfortable with it and then maybe, just maybe even think about mods like turbos and sh!t. An over enthusiastic kid who grew up play Gran Turismo and Forza, already talking about boosting a car he cannot even drive yet, you know is not going to end well. 

Too many kids already dying or ending up crippled on the roads here already because of their love for speed who end up driving car with way more power they can handle, so think real hard if you want to become just another statistic 

 

Its basically how most of the cars fuel level sensor is, its basically like the float you have on your toilet flush tank.

DIY for free, invest in a spanner set which will pay you back many times over.

First of all how are you even driving when the legal age limit for a drivers license is 18yrs old! 

5 hours ago, Gaurav said:

Yeah, because you have been rusted offroader now since last 10 years or so.

LOL...that much is true, Im more of a spritual offroader sage now. But we did have plenty of good drives toghter

For some reason I thought the thread about gears as in Tranmission!!

Well I reread your original post and getting custom made seat covers good AND cheap is not going to be possible.

This was a very serious recall thats why the called you, otherwise they dont bother and secretly do the repairs when you give the car in for service. One of my previous range rovers I bought had complete service history right down to ashtray bulb light replacement from the dealer. Then I looked up all the recalls for that model off the net and went and had a look at my car everything was dome right down to adding an extra nut to the motorized driver seat rail which might cause a slight rocking when braking or accelerating hard, but no mention of any recall work done in the service history. 

Now I dunno wheter thats a good thing or bad. Being so secretive about it or just going on and doing the repairs and mods aa needed. But what if a person never visited the dealer or stopped visiting the dealer, then what?

Its a 400dhs fine from what I can remember 

Sharjah or Dubai?

Instead of starting a new thread I thought I'd just post this video here.
 

3 minutes ago, manums said:

Superman suggested the 2001 model and i couldn't find one yet...most of them are 2003 and 2004. What are the main differences?

Well only superman can tell you that difference, maybe he meant 2001 and above because I would go for 2001 and above because in 2001 they upgraded the engine to a more powerful one, could be thats when they started the 3.5. Usually common sense dictates to get the latest model of any generation as possible unless there were some drastic changes for the worse, which the post 2001 pathfinder R50 series does no exhibit.

From what I gather from 2001 to end of production in 2004 it remained unchanged. Unless Superman chime in and put forward a plausible explaination as why only the 2001 and nothing else, if thats what he meant in the first place  

Good, atleast youve narrowed it down to two contenders. Out of the two I would choose the Pathfinder, first of all tons of them around and pretty cheap.Parts new and used are cheaper and more widely available than the jeros. Also no need to worry about whacking bumpers. Pretty much drive it off road in stock condition 

Also if you can score the 3.5 liter version instead of the 3.0 that thing is surprisingly fast and powerful for an older 4x4 with a 0-100 of just over 7 seconds! 

Ive driven it and was quite impressed with the power and acceleration, 

Have a chat with RD when he gets back as he drives one currently. Also drive as many as you can before so you can see and feel the difference 

1 hour ago, shinith said:

https://www.vindecoderz.com/EN/check-lookup/5N1AN08wx9c504142   

 

Hi this is the information i got from searching the VIN number, ( thanks to Barry).

Any inputs?? all.. 

 

Thanks in advance..

Its says it confirms to gulf and saudi standards to the current date ( as in date of manufacture )

Vehicle number ( Chassis ) 

XXXXXXXXXXXX

Type of Car. Tyoe 4 something ( could understand more than that)

Waliyat Muthahida Al Amrikiya ( United States Of America )

Why do I have a feeling that very soon you will post a link to a site selling keychains ?

Ah an old stunt recreated from he Bond movie, the man with the golden gun. But kinda a funny and deceptive in a way trying to say you can buy a car off the showroom floor, do a couple of barrel rolls and be perfectly fine and drive off into the night.

Kinda back in the day when Pajero use to advertise itself as the best 4x4 because it won the Paris to Dakkar rally!