Pajero Owners Club of South Africa

I'm leaving home now to go fetch JohnG, do my vehicle, and then fetch Kurt a bit later. See you all tomorrow.

What a long day, 13 cars was a stretch but we did it. Thanks to all that helped out today, it made a massive difference.

Well done gents.

Some pics of the day. A full report to follow tomorrow when I'm at my computer.

Thanks Sir's - Kurt & John

My dash rattles are gone (was so bad - my dash rattled on Rough / bad tar roads / any bump)

Mitsubishi SA - Take note - we had to fly foreigners down to Cape Town to resolve our dash problems - shame on you !

Thanks again Chaps
Willem

Thanks Willem, foreigners??? Ha ha ha, it was a pleasure and thanks again for the venue, you were most generous and I still owe you for paying that poor guy who had to lock up after we left ;D Also thank your better looking brother please

Huge thanks John and Kurt. You guys worked like Trojans, and it was awesome to watch. I learnt so much. Very much appreciated. Thanks too to your respective families for allowing you guys the weekend off to come down and help us.

Thanks too to Willem and Phillip for the shady venue. It would not have been pleasant trying to do that outside in someone's driveway in the hot weather we had.

All in all a huge success. I spent the day today driving around with the music off, enjoying the silence. My only problem now is that my car is so quiet that all I can hear is the tyre noise!

I don’t know how to thank you guys – you got no idea of how much this means to us. That instrument cluster was moving like something that wants to come to rest after a bungee jump. To add to the “normal” rattle I think that it was the noise emanating from that mounting screw that was lying loose inside that was resulting in so much frustration. The more it made a noise the faster and more reckless I drive – the more reckless I drive the more it makes a noise – normally at some stage the wife cannot take it any longer and then there is the noise from her adding to that will result in me to pull off and get out with a “dan ry jy self jou freaking kar”.
You saved more than lots of frustration, as you can see, this could have led to disastrous results – it was an accident waiting to happen. What if the wife gets out before me when pulling off? - I already imagined myself hitch-hiking back from Namibia.
You know woman can tell you how great it is when you suffer severe pain and the pain stops (they actually fall pregnant again to experience that) – this must be worse because I never want it again – but if it comes back at least I know people that I can trust to make it disappear. Well done and God bless.

Ditto all the replies above. Kurt and John, you were stars and I take my hat off to you! And remember my offer, if you're ever in my area and wish to pop over, please do, you're more than welcome!

Took the usual 40 km gravel road back from Jacobsbaai via Koringberg. MAN, it's a pleasure to hear the passenger seat squeak!! Dash is solid as a rock and absolutely zero rattles. Fantastic!

I suspect my dash had gone too far south before John and Kurt could lay their hands on it. At the 75k service the dealer installed brackets. That made a minute difference. Then at the 90k cambelt service the Mitsu big boss on the service side personally came down to Nelspruit and installed his design of the brackets. Then there was a real noticeable improvement, but a trip through the West Coast Park clearly showed that more was required. The dash shaked so badly it knocked the GPS off its window mounting, about 20mm above a stationary dash.

Next up was John's cable tie fix. Once again, great improvement. And once again, the interior needed more attention. The following occasion Kurt fitted more brackets and John spent hours on my car fitting rubbers all over the place. The boot was stripped and "isolated".

The appreciation I feel towards these two guys is immense. They went way beyond the call of duty. This is the reason I feel so bad about finally getting rid of my much appreciated Pajero. I feel I have let them down. In the end I had to make a call and when I did I didn't look left or right.

John and Kurt, you guys are stars and I hope you know it. I think my particular Pajero was simply a bridge too far...