Praveenmp

On 3/6/2019 at 10:59 AM, Srikumar said:

@Praveenmp are you referring to the blinking orange light of the central diff lock?

Yes you are correct it’s still getting on only after 20-25 mins drive and no other issues for switching to 4x4H,L,LLc all are working perfectly while driving off road it’s no issue problem on-road after 20 mins in 2H.

planning to visit Garrage sometime this week will try to fix it

It was really amazing experience with the experts like @Rahimdad @GauravI felt like I was going n a team where I always ( never felt like I am new to the team) frankly speaking I personally have some kind of resistance to mingle with new people and that resistance was not there when I meet with the team thanks to all of you for accepting me in and for the drive.

i have done earlier few small drives alone and with my office colleagues and it was still I can say just an learner stage and when I start with carnity the way it was organized was fantastic like startup briefing what we  call in our industry is tool box talk and the discipline of team members was amazing. Hope I have followed the instructions and willing to join upcoming drives as far as possible   

On 3/9/2019 at 4:39 PM, Rahimdad said:

Trip report - thank you to all participants who did well, most importantly kept their cool and calm and followed instructions to make my day a wonderful one. We started on time with 17 cars.

Upon reaching the deflation point we went through our newbie brief and heart warming to see all participants knew exactly parts of our brief. Everyone has been paying attention and realize every point we have carefully jotted are important to our off road structure.

Started our drive after the convoy numbering was made. A few refusals and stucks kept us all engaged and emphasized one point. If we keep calm and think rationally and listen to instructions we can make it through any terrain together. This was a perfect drive at the right time to do a few small to medium dunes to experience the small thrills and improve ourselves by learning new tricks or putting our briefing to good use.

We later settled near the camel farm in the shade for breakfast where it was clear that everyone felt a little challenged and learned something new. Besides this one thing done differently on this drive was instead of the leader slowing down or stopping, the rest of the convoy had to make an effort to keep up. This was also managed well and my congratulations to everyone for managing well on this trip. I also felt @Emmanuel plight as he was in sweep for a change and I was in the thick of all the action. There was also plenty of food and drinks to go around, my winner would be the idli and sambar, the sandwiches made by @Javier M wife and @Emmanuel sweet little treats.

It was now time for hitting the Fossil Rocks and I was impressed with the smart route selected by @Gaurav bhai which meant we were at the top within no time. I was also impressed with all the first timers to make it to the top on their first attempt. Well done everyone.

Big question now was could we head down the steep way? With a nod of approval from @Emmanuel and @Gaurav bhai the first one down to check and guide everyone properly, we started to brief and check all cars to guide them down. With everyone down safely and time being the essence we moved swiftly back to the road.

One of my most enjoyable experiences due to an amazing bunch of people. I would love to repeat many more such amazing trips with a wonderful bunch of like minded people. Love you all and until next time. Adios.

@Rahimdad you are simply amazing man in the team and I was felt like I am in a place were I was on my day to day newer felt like I am in a new group and thanks to all those who provide valuable guidance and safe drive with no loss of machine and man and it was a wonderful feeling and looking for next drive @Gauravthanks for the radio and the drive TBT just now bought my radio for next interesting drive with you guys 

5 hours ago, hossein said:

first, you have to check the sensors on the gearbox, maybe its blocked or rubber pipe is broken 

I have verified the physical conditions and it sounds good as there no such damages

4 hours ago, Frederic said:

Check the small vacuum hoses on the front diff actuator. They tend to wear out. Make sure the piston that locks/unlocks the front wheels is not full of sand and debris.

You'll find lots of information on google about this common Pajero issue.

it's either

1) The solenoids which are located in the engine compartment

2) The vacuum hoses between solenoid and the diaphragm

3) Stuck actuator (piston) that engages or disengages 4WD

4)  Vacuum operated diaphragm

5) Sensor on the transfer case.

For some more information (there might be slight differences between the Pajero generations)

http://4wd.blogeasy.com/article.view.run?articleID=318776

Will check the above possibilities and I feel this is like false alarm only after few mins drive the information u provide was great and I am very much thankful for spending time to update hats off to all thank u 

1 hour ago, Gaurav said:

Of course, you have been helped enough with Fred and other comments, but just before you go whole nine yards I just like to ask you have you tried playing with lever a few times....? Put in several settings and drive for a few minutes, switch off the car and switch on again with few more attempts from 2H - 4H - 4HLC - 4LLC and back.

In my car, if I loosely push out the 4W to 2W I see that blinking occasionally, so I put back in 4W and snap back at 2W with a little hard hand and that blinking goes away.

I did once and it was fine when I drive 4x4 and in fact I have done a recovery also with that to one sedan who got struck in loose sand . Will do it again few more time and will update

Exactly the same start blinking after 20mins drive

Hi all I was looking for suggestion as I have 2009 pajero LWB 3.5 recently I did oil change for all like engine, ATF, transmission and differential all was changed with recommended grade and I started facing issue with diff lock indication after few mins drive in 2H which i never seen before since I bought this car in 2014 and now I felt something wrong with the oil or maybe the sensor malfunctioning after new oil can someone give some heads up about the actual reasons behind..

Renault duster 4x4 also fall under 20k have seen few guys driving off-road not sure about the performance  

I was riding Mitsubishi nativa v6 -3ltr I have done few drives and it sounds good and cheaper... hope not much for maintenance   

6 hours ago, vishlad702 said:

Hi Gaurav! Thank you for your advise! Over past 2 days I have approached some garages and one name which popped out the most was KYB. Are they any good?

Regards

5 hours ago, Gaurav said:

Yes KYB and Tokiko something is the OEM one, but better to stick to same with Habtoor for eliminating any doubts or surprises.

6 hours ago, vishlad702 said:

Hi Gaurav! Thank you for your advise! Over past 2 days I have approached some garages and one name which popped out the most was KYB. Are they any good?

Regards

Hi thanks for your valuable time and suggestion definitely I will do some ground work to find the suitable one and will update thanks a lot

6 hours ago, vishlad702 said:

Hi Gaurav! Thank you for your advise! Over past 2 days I have approached some garages and one name which popped out the most was KYB. Are they any good?

Regards

Hi,

I too have similar issues and I am also looking for some suggestion any other brand shocks.I do little bit newbie kind of off-roading and in fact i changed my springs 6mnths back which gave me a lift of approx 1.5 “ which is ok for me to retain and now I have rattling noice from my front and the culprit is the front shocks both are gone (off course they accept my rubbish driving for last 10 years) now I have to give them Retirement. I got some inspections with few garages and the finding  is most of my bushes are gone and they just stick with it because they have no choice to escape 😀. So I have decided to replace all of them and with new shocks and mine is done 156000kms and now have plan to change all the oils as I did last. 100k to give some new blood to keep my dear to be healthy for few more years...

Luckily I have no big vibrations so far @ 120 kms speed I wanted to get it fixed before it give any major complaints.

i also find some slight oil leakage(kind of 😓) from my cylinder head cover very minor and seems I may need to change the gasket. I remember it started while off-roading some time back in fossil rock area.

thanks for reading a big message and all your suggestions are highly appreciated