Thanks everyone, yes indeed the owners manual specifies those fasteners as (2) 1/4-20.
I completely forgot about a jar of random Weber hardware that I harvested from some years ago when doing a previous restoration. I found 2 of the exact fastener I needed!
Teardown begins this week.
Also needing to find a couple of these fasteners that secure the plastic end piece to the frame. They were missing when I picked it up. If anyone could help me locate these I'd be very appreciative!
Purchased from the original owners. I finally found a Hunter Green genesis worthy of a restoration. This is going to be for my uncle who has been wanting an older Genesis.
Even came with the original owners manual!
The frame is in decent shape but is still going to get repainted so that it...
Finished up the Genesis Restoration project over the weekend, and made final delivery to the end-user last night (my neighbor, who saw my Genesis redhead and asked me to refinish one for her).
A few more progress pics...
Here is the frame after paint getting ready for reassembly.
I'm a big...
Hey guys, sorry for the long delay between updates, been busy with other life events the past couple of months and the project was moved to the backburner.
I started working on the rehab again a couple weeks ago, and just got the final coat of paint on the frame last night. Overall it took 5...
Thanks for the replies everyone, I decided to go with the Unicook 55" off Amazon. $28 + sales tax. Seems to have pretty good reviews and I like the price point compared to the weber version which goes for $80-90ish.
Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F8TBJKC/?tag=tvwb-20
I'm seeing Zober covers for $32 on Amazon. Inflation, perhaps? $25 is probably as cheap as I'd like to go, don't want the cheapest, want something that will last at least several years.
As the title states, I'm in the process of recovering an early 2000s model Genesis 3 burner and currently picking out replacement parts...
Curious if anyone had suggestions for a grill cover. I'm debating to just go generic from Amazon as they seem to be roughly half the price of the Weber...
Beautiful job. Nicely done. I hadn't seen many Genesis 5000 pictures but I think you just awakened something in me. This is my new white whale. My favorite feature are the glass doors on bottom, they look amazing!
But seriously great job with the restoration and nice photos too. I'm in the...
I am probably only going to do one at a time. I plan on repainting and finishing the black one first.
Here is my progress today on one of the frames. Sanding sure is a lot of work. Should be ready for paint soon.
What kind of paint do you guys like for restorations? I believe I previously...
Here is the other one I'm disassembling today. Another early 2000s model (DT)... had it sitting in the garage for a while, and my uncle said he wanted one so going to refinish this one for him.
Thanks for the tips everyone. Realized the parts that looked like tack welds were actually just built up grease LOL.
Got the basket off and getting ready to start disassembly on the second Genesis I am going to restore (blue top). Hope to get a good amount of both frames sanded down this weekend.