Recent content by Chris Bond

Here is a picture of mine. It's a little hard to measure because of how you have to angle your head/camera to see it lined up accurately, but as best I can tell there is 7/8ths of an inch gap:

The 5 east-west bars are 22.5" long and about 2 and 1/4" tall. The 8 north-south bars are 15 and 7/8th" long and 1 and 1/2" tall. Rcplanebuyer sells these in a standard set (#7538). They are normally listed combined with another set, but he sold me just the eight bars from the 7538 set by...

Igniter buttons - I opted to remove the igniters for both the main and side burners and not replace them. I have a handheld arc lighter that I prefer to use. Without the igniter underneath, the buttons droop down. It doesn't really bother me, but with that said, I may or may not in the future...

The only three pieces I had leftover that I have no idea what they came from are a rubber button-type thing, a spring with what looks to be some type of brass piece near the top, and a thick rubber washer. The spring-thing seems like it would be part of a manifold valve, but as I was...

Finished! I want to put out a special thanks to the authors and contributors to the many other restoration threads here, as I would not have been able to do this without the knowledge I picked up in those other threads. Special thanks to PaulD for his "Drab to Fab" sticky. Took about 15...

6) Re-assembly I was happy to locate some new hardware for the inside of the firebox. Stainless bolts and washers for connecting the manifold and the side connection to the frame. I could not easily source the two #12 1/2" long hex-head screws in stainless steel that align the burner tubes, but...

Splashed on the heavy gauge stainless flavorizer bars and grates from rcplanebuyer via ebay. Man these things are heavy!

5) Manifold Cleaning and Re-Lubing - Unsuccessful I wanted to disassemble the manifold to clean and re-lube it (shoutout to C Allingham for this video), and even purchased the recommended brake lube, but on attempting to remove the screws the first screw stripped out almost laughably easily. I...

Ha, apparently not organized enough! I found the spring and rubber washer in this photo while I was moving some of the components around to start painting but I can't remember where they came from. I am not sure if they belong with the manifold or somewhere else. Does anyone know where these two...

4) Painting Exterior of firebox, exterior of cap side pieces, frame, manifold, and some other smaller components with Rustoleum high-heat ultra:

3) Cleaning Oven cleaner & wire brush for interior of firebox and lid side pieces, simple green & fine steel wool for most other components: Overnight soak in white vinegar for hardware: Cleaning the grill cover. Found a mean looking spider hanging out in it:

Can anyone help me figure out how to find stainless steel versions of these fasteners? I looked in Home Depot and no luck. 1) The three screws that fasten the three burner tubes to the gas manifold 2) The two spacer screws that help align and contain the other ends of the two outside burner...

JKim - cool thanks for the idea on the additional swing table! I didn't know that. I'll examine more tonight when I get home.

2) Disassembly started - 17 years worth of crud in the bottom catch pan: Removing flavorizer bars, burner tubes, cooking grate, and swinging warming basket. Planning on replacing these: Taking the frame apart: The all-important bolt hole connecting the firebox to the frame where...

I have been looking to pick up a gas grill for a while now, and while I originally was looking at the newer model Spirit and Genesis models, browsing this forum recently has given me an appreciation for the older model Weber grills and the various restoration threads here are a really good...