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I will vote for the one who is giving 5 years warranty in writting on the receipt and not in talks, box, stickers or instagram. TJM and Bushranger both are good off-road brand. Not sure about Ironman, looks bit shady with epoxy stickers.

Almost all car dealers are doing this game to cut corners, unless you drive Porsche Or Range and ready to part 2200 AED for minor service with Mobil 1 or Castrol Magnatec - finest engine oils. Call Ajman Habtoor and ask which engine oil they use, before jumping the gun tbh. I had mine in Dubai and within 1500 kms my lifters started making loud noise - sign of lack of lubrication. Changed to Mobil and lifters and rocker become quiet again.

@Shiju Manuel Mitsubishi dont make engine oil, but in UAE Habtoor motors put Mitsubishi label on LUKOIL. I tried and its the most shittiest oil for off-roading for my Pajero. Maybe newer gen4 , dont mind that sub standard quality. My highest recommendation to any offroader is to use Mobil 1 once and see the difference in engine noise, engine cooling and off-road performance. @Mels Wolf putting water in air filter dry box is not very ideal (I think). Instead that box has 2 or 3 bolts, remove it and give gentle dab upside down. @Lisa Pemberton great post and so far great input from other experts and owners alike. Please check these two post as well

@Mels Wolf thats engine oil cooler and not A/T oil cooler.

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Congratulations @Chaitanya D for reaching the Intermediate Level with Carnity Offroad Club. As per your recent drives, you have shown tremendous progress and well deserve this new offroad rank. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Keep up your great contribution on the forum and get socially involved in the newbie and fewbie drives to impart your knowledge. Once you have all the gear required, you are most welcome to join the Intermediate Level Drives with Carnity Off-road Club. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. Intermediate: Number of drives 10 (26 regular drives) Level of drives Willingness to learn + Enthusiasm + Basic dune & sand reading Off-road gear Flag, deflator, tire gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio, compressor, tool kit, tow rope Drive teamwork Help in recoveries under Marshal / Crew supervision Drive posting/joining Join newbie, fewbie & intermediate level of drives only Forum participation Active participation on forum. Share drive experience + feedback on forum and pictures in gallery + drive and route suggestions Forum participation and helping with community spirit is recommended for faster upgrades at all levels. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the Emergency contact details.

Congratulations @Melenany for reaching the Fewbie Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Based on your last newbie drive you have demonstrated skills required deserving this new offroad rank. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Once you have all the required off-road gear, you are most welcome to join the Fewbie Level Drives with Carnity Off-road Club. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. Fewbie: Number of drives 10 (16 Newbie + Fewbie drives) Level of drives Willingness to learn + Enthusiasm + Basic dune reading Off-road gear Flag, deflator, tire gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio, compressor. Drive teamwork Observe recovery from a safe distance and offer help when needed Drive posting/joining Join newbie and fewbie level of drives only Forum participation Active participation on forum. Share drive experience + feedback on forum and pictures in gallery Forum participation and helping with community spirit is recommended for faster upgrades at all levels. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the Emergency contact details.

Congratulations @paolo dassi for reaching the Fewbie Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Based on your last newbie drive you have demonstrated skills required deserving this new offroad rank. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Once you have all the required off-road gear, you are most welcome to join the Fewbie Level Drives with Carnity Off-road Club. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. Fewbie: Number of drives 10 (16 Newbie + Fewbie drives) Level of drives Willingness to learn + Enthusiasm + Basic dune reading Off-road gear Flag, deflator, tire gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio, compressor. Drive teamwork Observe recovery from a safe distance and offer help when needed Drive posting/joining Join newbie and fewbie level of drives only Forum participation Active participation on forum. Share drive experience + feedback on forum and pictures in gallery Forum participation and helping with community spirit is recommended for faster upgrades at all levels. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the Emergency contact details.

This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through below information and and strictly follow these guidelines in order not to jeopardize someone's health, and to ensure we can keep organizing these drives safely. MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: COVID19 Precautions MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: BAN POST Two Way Radio Guidelines Every Offroader brings his own radio, programmed to the frequencies described in below advice topic. We will not share spare radios or program your radio on the drive. If you need assistance in programming the radio, post a topic on the Carnity website with your questions and we will help you out. Make sure your radio is fully charged. It will be your only way of communication while driving. Before buying, please carefully read below advice so you are informed properly on which model / cost / shops... No radio = No drive. It is an essential tool and you should make sure you bring it on every drive and learn/practice how to use it. Drive Details Level: Fewbie and Above When: 01 Aug 2020, Saturday. Meeting time: 5:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Action Plan: Lots of play time at Iftar Bowl Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/c4m21WUmJWfUaEoM7 Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 09:00 AM End Point: Rifadah THIS IS A COMPRESSOR ONLY DRIVE. WE WILL STARTING AND ENDING THE DRIVE AT THE SAME POINT, WHICH IS NOT CLOSE TO AN AIR LINE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COMPRESSOR, PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS DRIVE. IF YOU ARRIVE AND HAVE NO COMPRESSOR YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE DRIVE. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 8 cars only. RSVP will close on Thursday - 9 AM. 1 Lead Marshal + 1 Senior Members + 8 Members. If the RSVP is full and you wish to join, please mention your name on the drive thread to add on the waiting list. Latecomers will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Members without RSVP will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month. PLEASE RSVP ON THE BELOW CALENDAR

This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through below information and and strictly follow these guidelines in order not to jeopardize someone's health, and to ensure we can keep organizing these drives safely. MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: COVID19 Precautions MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: BAN POST Two Way Radio Guidelines Every Offroader brings his own radio, programmed to the frequencies described in below advice topic. We will not share spare radios or program your radio on the drive. If you need assistance in programming the radio, post a topic on the Carnity website with your questions and we will help you out. Make sure your radio is fully charged. It will be your only way of communication while driving. Before buying, please carefully read below advice so you are informed properly on which model / cost / shops... No radio = No drive. It is an essential tool and you should make sure you bring it on every drive and learn/practice how to use it. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING Drive Details Level: Newbie and above (All Level) When: 31 Jul 2020, Friday. Meeting time: 5:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/ig4VJTHWRh9hyxSa6 (Mahafiz Tree Shade) Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Please also make sure you have all the equipment required on board as an Intermediate. Approximate finish time: 09:00 AM LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 15 cars maximum. RSVP will close on Thursday - 9 AM. 1 Lead Marshal + 2 or 1 Senior Members + 12 Members. If the RSVP is full and you wish to join, please mention your name on the drive thread to add on the waiting list Latecomers will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Members without RSVP will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Members that do not confirm the terms of the COVID requirements will be removed from the RSVP list. Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month. PLEASE RSVP ON THE CALENDAR

Ask the Dragon Mart reception and they can pin point exact area and shops. There are over 20-30 shops selling these radio

Google code and check on spal or amazon site it clearly says puller / pusher / with CFM Adding fan is the best, but its down and due to its weird location its not very easy to add fan. You can increase the air ventilation by moving that cooler little up, right behind the front grill. @Shiju Manuel here is my fan current setup Additional 10 Inch Spal Fan - Pusher - 844 CFM (va11ap7/c-57s) Next to AC Condenser fan 9 Inch Engine Oil Cooler Failed experiment, to replace the Pajero stock AC Condensor (12 Inch) fan is a paddle blade that throws more air than 12 Inch Spal, pusher - 938 CFM (va10-ap10/c-61s). So revert to stock, after this failed experiment. I tried all these numbers with @Frederic Anemometer and settle with stock AC condenser fan + one 10 Inch fan.

Check the existing space first in your model of Pajero on left side of AC condenser fan. Then check available Spal fan models for 10 or 12 inch with maximum cfm. Once you get the fan, buy the harness, relay and switch too, so that any good electrician in Ajman can fix that fan for you. While fixing that fan, insist on metal bracket as some lazy mechanic tie these with cable ties even. If you get all these by yourself, its better than going to big branded workshop who "TALKS" too much and then fit 100 dhs useless fan for the cost of 500 dhs. This happen with me in my old off-road friend workshop, where they quoted me for HIGH PERFORMANCE, Special Motor fan and eventually fix 600 cfm, 9 inch fan (120 aed), that made no difference in anything.

This fan is a puller fan, but with just 12 inch of size as oppose to 16 inch radiator clutch fan (existing). If you kill your radiator fan and install this, your Pajero will overheat even more. This 12 inch shows 909 cfm, and your 16 inch is delivering from 600 - 3,000 cfm when fully engage at 3k RPM. You cannot use this fan as a condenser fan too as its a puller and not pusher fan. So if you plan to """""REPLACE"""""" radiator clutch fan with electric fan buy HIGH PERFORMANCE 16 Inch fan, with at least 2,000 and above CFM. Even better with speed controller, to have variable speed as per coolant temperature. If you plan to add additional AC condenser fan to have better AC cooling in stand still traffic + marginal engine cooling while offroading then you need to exchange this fan from puller to pusher. Add next to existing AC condenser fan as in Pajero there is a space for additional 10 - 12 inch size (please check the space, before ordering. HOWEVER, by adding this fan your engine oil cooler (in front of AC condenser) and A/T oil cooler (below AC condenser) still have no change in temperature.

We usually add the mobile number listed in your profile. In case it is different, then you can send the your whatsapp number to @Asif Hussain (050 6990411) to be added in the whatsapp notification list.

Please post the spal VA code here.

Not two, four very different things. AC Condenser fan - (front of condenser) Radiator fan (clutch fan) - behind of radiator A/T cooler fan - Non existing in Pajero Engine oil cooler fan - Non existing in Pajero

I fully understand your feelings, but please go through below roles and responsibilities and also watch the video that shows what happens when tow point fails. You need rated and good brand hitch hook for your Dodge Ram. Something like this. https://www.aceuae.com/en-AE/bushranger-recovery-hitch-hooks-with-shackle-silver/285633.html @Denizzalbayrak bought one too recently for his trailblazer, maybe he can share some points.

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This is nice Fredy, and any clue on what part to check/change for rear differential in Pajero 2.5 Gen. Since last few months my rear diff stop engaging and making that grrrrr noise, when I press the switch.

Perfect drive with perfect set of 4x4 and off-roaders. With cooler morning breeze, it was an amazing early morning drive to see the sunrise from dunes (will post pic, later). Everyone showed on time except one, It's just that I have a soft corner for duster to test its off-road capability, so allowed him to join bit late but others might not. Thanks everyone else for being on time, so that we can start and finish as plan to enjoy the best morning for which we all wait for the whole week. Thanks @Jun Zamora for competent second lead and detour wherever required. @Kieran McKeown you and your duster are really rocking and continue learning the right basics so that you can enjoy off-roading always. @Lisa Pemberton you are doing great as always just learn to close the gap from the car in front of you, which tends to push you on wrong tracks (scary ones). I promise someday will do take you on those fewbie and Intermediate level tracks (sideys) too, once you are ready. @Veedooshee under the guidance on Anish learning and advancing very well that now she can no longer scare Anish, means you are surely ready for fewbie by next one more drive (I hope). @Sreejith Sreenivasan it was nice to see how you have tamed the LR2 and managing it perfectly fine without any struggle or refusal, keep it up. Thanks @sertac V.2.0 for brilliant support, patience and helping hand in managing the whole convoy with correct guidance and shoveling. We have driven after a long time and you have grown in this sport and maturity a lot. Well done. @sheri joined after a long time and still manage to sail the boat with full load without any refusal and stuck. Good to see you back, please catch up with forum topics in your free time. @Hennie Schoeman at the back still scratching the wrangler real potential, though I haven't heard your name on the radio, so I assume it must be all good. @Onlyjunaid kicking the wrangler convoy intact at back also done wonderful, he finally gave a chance to Sertac for single tow-rope recovery but Sertac decided to shovel him out in few minutes. Next time Junaid, you need to learn how to get proper cresting @topgear you really are a top gear, because you are grooming your son to be an off-roader from a such an early age and he reminded me of my son's age two years back (best innocent age). Enjoy your FJC, as they are made for off-roading and continue learning always. Last but not least @Nivin joined us after a gap and last I think we drove was in Solar Park in Feb/Mar. Thanks for being responsible sweep and taking care of the whole convoy at all times. Just because of such a wonderful off-roaders we reached Pink Rock by 7:00 and finished playing by 7:30. For next 1 hour I had a choice to head to Badayer, but I decided to play on big dunes just behind Pink Rock. This area is for fewbie, but being a cooler morning, virgin sand and great bunch of offroaders we all had a good spin in those creamy cheese cake (my analogy) dunes, where I can drive for hours and hours while making spagethi on my map app. Thanks everyone for your patience, support, excellent drive and understanding the COVID precautions. See you guys soon, drive safe.

@sheri welcome back. Please read and comply with this full drive post as you have joined after a long gap.