Ashok chaturvedi

It was a superb gift to a new season for such a lovely cool morning and all the beautiful desert you showed us. Thanks you so much @Wrangeld to let me drive behind you the experience was awesome to watch you maneuver in an uncharted piece of desert. 

Finally the right solenoid was eventually found and light issues of the tyres and differential has been resolved. 

The car now needs some coils replaced to give boost to the spark plugs and it is assumed to be a go. 

Thanks everyone for your most helpful advice.

Thank you sir, these are the symptoms. The history of the car in very recent time has been a transmission and torque convertor box overhaul by a mechanic. All these symptoms started afterwards. I also gave the car to another garage run by Rishi mechanic, he tested the solenoids in the engine room and for any air leaks. He did replace the spark plugs and the seals.. which made some difference but suggested I go back to the original mechanic in the worst case to revist the transmission job. 

Today I handed the car and the mechanic agreed first to check the solenoids above the gear box and if necessary go further.

In the drive I drove the car mainly on manual 1 and 2nd  gear and managed to gather the needed power for the drive. The problem is the starting accelaration in auto D drive. 

Thanks Frederic sir for your advice.. I shall no more consider the diff. modification and leave and work on improving my skills

Thanks a lot for your kind comments. Unfortunately the two differential  switches are missing from my car and I bought the top of line then from main agent Al Hathboor in Dubai. I have heard this can be installed by some expert in Dubai. Let me know if I should pursue the option and if such modification is legal or I concentrate improving  my driving skills. My car lately is having issues with the gear panel indication switches turn off after few meters and start flashing the middle differential light only. Also D gear change on high RPM and the initial drive thrust is slow. This is being looked at and hopefully this may get sorted out soon.

I have a 2005 Mitsubhishi Pajero LWB 3.8 V6 have been single owner but after I joined Carnity, I have learned the importance of Differential locking but cannot find the differential switch in this car amd model. Some say the 4LLC does the job and others say that I need to install it?.. please advice needed. 

10 hours ago, Lorenzo Candelpergher said:

Dear @Wrangeld, dear @Kalahari, dear @Jeepie,

today we were meant to look at the stars but it looks like there wasn't the right star alignment for this drive to go as planned. 

I have championed for quite some time the very special ranking (😂😂) of those who had the most frequent pop-outs (for my son's pleasure) and sweated in learning how to handle them, but today's was the trickiest ever seen for me and the first one which, despite all efforts, couldn't be fixed. 

This unfortunate event stole the best time of our ride, which - combined with SZR-style traffic at Pink Rock - made it impossible to reach Al Badayer by daylight.

@Kalahari smoothly pushed the pace a bit but after sunset the east side of Pink Rock became soon very dark and it was really not safe to continue towards Al Badayer by night, especially after we spent some more time helping @Ashok chaturvedi get out from a difficult longitudinal crested stuck.

In all this, I also discovered (I'll leave it to your imagination "how" I did it) that my daughter (who was joining me in the desert for the 1st time) doesn't really get along well with the shaking and tossing of desert riding: an early exit was, in her case, definitely the best option. 

As @Wrangeld said, we may have not reached for the moon as hoped, but the ride was anyhow valuable experience and the sight of the sunset from Pink Rock alone was, as usual, worth every effort. 

Looking forward to the next attempt to the moon. 

 

PS: @Wrangeld, as I was on the rush when I reached the meeting point I forgot to turn on the tracking app on my mobile. Can you share, if available, the ride data (distance / duration at least) for my records? Thanks in advance 

Thank you Marshall and support team.. it was wonderful learning experience and found a great team at work to help out.. my car does have a some issue and is being dealt with.. hope the problem will sort out very soon.

Thanks a lot..

Thank you Rahimdad sir this gives me encourement but was also wondering why my pajero could have possibly lost some early climb accelaration in the very last part of the drive.  I am getting it looked at today.

I noticed some heat up as well. This is a 3.8 V6, model 2005 car done over 250k with recent transmission overhaul. There is some solenoid issue with the transmission panel light blinking differential where the rest of the wheels switch off. 

Below are my failed Attempts; where near all attempts made by other drivers succeeded:

1. Accelerated on D and just at the near of ridge shifted to manual 1 gear to give it that push..  car slowed down and was 15 metres short.

2. Accelerated and when halfway hit 1 gear, managed to reach a bit higher than 1 attempted. 

3. Third attempt went totally manual 1 gear acceleration then hit 2 gear and 2/3 climb hit 1 gear again, could almost reach the edge but not climb over. 

However, twice early part of the drive,  arc and climb I could do it with D and 1 gear easily. It is only the last part of the drive where the car was not picking the early acceleration. 

Maybe by practice as you and Gaurav jee suggested I might hit the perfect combination as well rectify any other issue if there are.

Thank you so much. 

Dear Nitin jee... welcome we should thank Gaurav jee. It was great experience for me. Wish my car was a bit more powerful. 

Thank to you all Marshal and on drive support members. It is wonderful feeling to be part of Carnity Off road club. 

Totally Agree 

Thanks Berry...

Thanks a lot

I would like to know if there is cooling period to take my Pajero 3.8  model 2005  straight to the Dunes after overhauling the transmission and convertor.. thanks

10 hours ago, Hatim Patharia said:

 

Thanks for the detailed report  @Gaurav Appreciate your observations and importance given to the minutest of things for each and every member of the convoy. Also Thanks to @J J for helping me during both refusals.

I have attached a learning video for all from the drive. @Ashok chaturvedi we both had a similar situation..!

 

The two videos are not opening, can you please send one with me on [email protected]

2 hours ago, Frederic said:

Current Waitlist:
 

1. Marks: 9th August 7:08 PM

2. Sinol : 9th August 7:57 PM

3. Ilya Golubinksy: 9th August 7:57PM

4. Muzamil Hussain: 9th August 8:13PM

5. SureshVNair: 9th August 9:12PM

6.Tero Vallas: 9th August 10:22PM

7.Miguel Ibarbia: 9th August 11:38PM

 

REMINDER:

Dear @Ashok chaturvedi @topgear you have signed up for two newbie drives for Friday morning. Kindly make a selection so we can use the open spot for other members.

Dear Frederic apologise very much as the two newbies were for Sharah and I got confused I removed myself from your group. thanks you so much. 

Nissan petrol 5.8 the luxury type... I have one but rarely seen off road. How is this car is it too heavy for the dunes?. please advise

21 hours ago, Ashy said:

Big Thanks to both @Frederic and @Wrangeld... appreciate the patience! Looking forward to the next drive

Dear Fredric,

A big thank you for you and your mate for total commitment to aid drivers at all time. 

Just a comment on tyre pressure yes most of the time the pressure guages are not very accurate but another aspect is also the heat which expands the air and can raise the tyre pressure by several bars. It would be a good idea to take a break and check the pressures. Just a suggestion

Dear Federic

I may have bought the wrong radio pair Motorola TLKR T61 Walkie Talkies since they dont have  the frequency tuning mode as been described on your web. It has 8 channels and 121 codes. 

wonder if I need to re buy the one prescribed.

Hi Frederic, 

Thanks for your message and glad to be part of the team for 1 August

I done some of the fun rallies GN and KT in the past plus some social visits to the desert with friends, cant say if I am good but can manage  through dunes through acceleration  with 4H and some diff lock ( not so great and need more practice to get out of the sand).

I have LWB Pajero 2005 model with the front and back duel hooks for the towing. 

Have watched the video and agree with Covid 19 discipline. 

in terms of gear I have the tow rope, Inflator and deflator with gauge, Motorola TLKR T61 W-T, Traction belt, shovel, some other gadgets e.g. tool kit etc. 

I shall be coming with my wife on Saturday. 

Looking ahead. My mobile number is 0506442921.