{"id":7278,"date":"2015-02-25T11:13:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T18:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theshutterbus.com\/store-new\/blog\/uncategorized\/4577\/"},"modified":"2019-01-25T08:12:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T15:12:09","slug":"the-lazarus-project-raising-nelly-from-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theshutterbus.com\/colorado\/blog\/the-bus\/the-lazarus-project-raising-nelly-from-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lazarus Project: Raising Nelly from the Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text]Coming in a close second to redoing the entire suspension, raising Nelly from the dead and getting her running and driving again was a huge task.<\/p>\n

For the 1.0 version of The ShutterBus we’ll be running the stock drivetrain, but version 2.0 is coming soon when we’ll be fully converting the powerplant and transmission to a dependable, powerful Subaru setup through The ShutterBus’s sister business, The Modern Bay Co.<\/a>\u00a0we’re excited about that(!!) but for now…here’s the story on getting Nelly driving down the road again.<\/p>\n

As it is, the engine was in sorry shape. It didn’t run; it didn’t even try to run. The one thing it had going for it was that the engine bay hadn’t been hacked up or messed with to any real extent, like so many buses have. That made things a bit easier on us to start with, but that’s not to say it was easy. We had a long way to go from sitting-for-a-decade-since-it-actually-ran-regularly to get-in-turn-the-key-and-drive mode.<\/p>\n

I’m happy to talk more details if you want to get in touch, however here’s the brief version of what was done to get Nelly’s heart up and running again. As I mentioned previously, I’m an ASE certified mechanic so the work done was quality, done right, with nothing short-cutted or hacked.<\/p>\n