Well said.
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Well said.
4089600: Manifold bracket for Genesis and Platinum series gas grills
Dustin Dorsey
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I was missing my bracket when I bought mine. It's a pretty cheap part though
It sickens me that I can't remember who it was, but for quite some time, I ignored their advice and kept using my handy drill and a wire wheel to try and clean out the firebox. At some point, probably after slaving away for many more hours on a cookbox and making little headway, I said "**** it" and went to Harbor Freight and bought the $10-$15 4.5 inch angle grinder and a cup wire brush that this person had suggested.
It was Life changing. Fireboxes take less than an hour now and all the larger flat surfaces get taken to gleaming aluminum. The only thing left to figure out is what to use in corners and nooks/crannies.
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Thank you.
Brian B Atlanta
TVWBB Gold Member
Bill what a fantastic job you did hope to find the same unit sooner or later they are just so classic.
Yep. I figured that the cheap HP angle grinder would die very quickly, but then figured WTH, I probably spend $15 on cleaners and solvents on each restore, so if I had to buy a new one each time, it would still be worth it. Lo and behold, I'm on my 7th one with the same grinder AND cup.
Bruce covered the resale angle. But even for personal, in my view, it kind of depends on the level of the restore. When someone goes to the trouble of taking the grill completely apart including disassembling the lid / side panels, cleans everything up and gives it all a few new coats of paint, replaces the grates and bars with nice shiny new steel from RC, why not go ahead and get the inside of the lower firebox clean as well >?
It's different if you are doing just a quick kind of touch up / refresh.
