After an intesive Jeep welding session, it is time to pay some attention to this "Silver Beast".... (I´m converting an ex-off road XJ to be a 2wd street Cherokee)
This 258 does have a smoke issue... a lot of smoke...

I had one 258 waiting. It is from my V8 Eagle...It did run well, so it was time to take it down.

So here it is... A new motor... at least newer one...

Here is a rebuilt tranny to replace original. It had nasty habit to loose 3rd gear and shift to 2nd time to time.. This one is a lockturbine version of tf988.

Here are some new parts for my engine swap.

I stripped new motor... and tried to clean it for a new paint...

And then of course, new paint...


I had a lot of gaskets and seals, but just one timing cover seal... but it was enough...

But the damper was not OK... rubber is coming loose... and pulley was also had some issue too. So, I have to replace those...

New valve cover needs deeper bore and threads to head...
