Cody Bratton
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I’m conflicted now because after looking at it more, because of the the stainless piece that shields the cookbox from view may look kinda funny all by itself.
2002 Genesis Gold C Build
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Cody Bratton
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Spent a little time on this grill today as well. Started getting after the lid. The same lid that was the first one I was not able to get the pin out of when I picked it up.
When I got it back to the shop I was able to cheat the lid over far enough to carefully use a cut off wheel to cut the pin without wrecking the end cap. I had soaked penetrating oil on the pin a few weeks ago. Today I got the end cap off the lid and thought the penetrating oil may have worked. It didn’t do much of anything. Thankfully enough was still sticking out that I could get a vice grip on it, but that wasn’t doing anything. I ended up sticking the nub end in the vice and using my micro torch to heat it up. Thankfully it gave me enough of a grip and leverage using the end cap that I slowly got it to start turning, minimally. More penetrating oil, and more heat and I was able to get it to spin a full 360. Spin it around and around and around over and over but wouldn’t budge any more than spinning. More heat, more oil. More heat more oil, spun freely. Ended up putting the nub down in a socket in the vice, supported the other end and pounded the living bejesus out of it. And it finally came out. Crazy to me that the oil never made it down the shaft of the pin.
Long story short, I won, but my god it was trying on my patience.
When I got it back to the shop I was able to cheat the lid over far enough to carefully use a cut off wheel to cut the pin without wrecking the end cap. I had soaked penetrating oil on the pin a few weeks ago. Today I got the end cap off the lid and thought the penetrating oil may have worked. It didn’t do much of anything. Thankfully enough was still sticking out that I could get a vice grip on it, but that wasn’t doing anything. I ended up sticking the nub end in the vice and using my micro torch to heat it up. Thankfully it gave me enough of a grip and leverage using the end cap that I slowly got it to start turning, minimally. More penetrating oil, and more heat and I was able to get it to spin a full 360. Spin it around and around and around over and over but wouldn’t budge any more than spinning. More heat, more oil. More heat more oil, spun freely. Ended up putting the nub down in a socket in the vice, supported the other end and pounded the living bejesus out of it. And it finally came out. Crazy to me that the oil never made it down the shaft of the pin.
Long story short, I won, but my god it was trying on my patience.
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Cody Bratton
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I don’t think many have the stash that you have! But being a gold, my inventory is limited. It was however very satisfying to come out victorious!
Cody Bratton
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So I spent some time on this guy today. My original plan was to do a factory rebuild. And that may still be in the cards. That being said, the liner inside the lid wasn’t cleaning up like I was hoping for. That members mark grill cleaner is incredible, by the way. The liner is very solid and not falling apart, and I’m hoping a pressure washer will still make using the SS lid possible as I think this style looks great, but the brown, rusty looking liner won’t have the wow factor I’m wanting.
So I have had a thought in the back of my mind for a while about a Gold C rocking some “silver” flare.
As you can see, I’m still preparing to use the SS lid but if it doesn’t look as appealing as I’m hoping for, it’s getting a mica black lid with silver end caps and I have a rough looking SS cookbox shield that will get painted silver to match the end caps (and possibly a silver painted handle).
I used semi gloss on the cook box as I’m not a fan of the contrast between the flat black box versus the frame and end caps. I also bread blasted the factory end cap hardware and painted the heads with the high heat ultra semi-gloss. I think it adds more fun contrast than the SS hardware.
If I go with the silver b lid, I may end up putting a silver emblem on it. Hoping to spend the evening cleaning up the side tables and other hardware while enjoying a few beverages on the last day of a 5 day break from work!
Any input is welcomed!
Cheers
So I have had a thought in the back of my mind for a while about a Gold C rocking some “silver” flare.
As you can see, I’m still preparing to use the SS lid but if it doesn’t look as appealing as I’m hoping for, it’s getting a mica black lid with silver end caps and I have a rough looking SS cookbox shield that will get painted silver to match the end caps (and possibly a silver painted handle).
I used semi gloss on the cook box as I’m not a fan of the contrast between the flat black box versus the frame and end caps. I also bread blasted the factory end cap hardware and painted the heads with the high heat ultra semi-gloss. I think it adds more fun contrast than the SS hardware.
If I go with the silver b lid, I may end up putting a silver emblem on it. Hoping to spend the evening cleaning up the side tables and other hardware while enjoying a few beverages on the last day of a 5 day break from work!
Any input is welcomed!
Cheers
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Cody Bratton
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Finally made time this weekend to get some progress on this thing. Haven’t really done much as far as actual grill work since my mom’s passing.
The manifold was rusty and looked like crap so I got that cleaned up, and got the valves cleaned up. The fittings looked brown and ugly, so (not nearly at his level) channeled my inner @Josh Dekubber and cleaned up the fittings a bit. Next the hangers kinda dingy, so those got some treatment along with a few other sets, because of my assembly line brain, instead of doing it just for this one, I’ll do a few and put them in a bin for next time.
Next up was the grease tray rails. Blasted those and painted them to match the cook box. Blasted and painted the screws with high temp silver because why not.
My lack of decent Weber wheels is frustrating. But I got the whitewalls out, cleaned up and painted (so the big wheels are just temporary.
The lower rack cleaned up real nice, and installed an already (see my assembly line comment earlier) repainted tank hanger I had, and got some new front casters I got from Amazon really cheap during one of their big deal days. I used original Weber inserts because they came with the round inserts (that’s what the barcode pic is in case anyone wants it).
The tables, end handles and new internals are all cleaned up at home. So I’m hoping to do the final assembly one night this week. The SS lid isn’t what I’m wanting for my first full on rehab. So it will end up getting a different lid and the SS front panel will most likely get black paint. Or silver if I do the silver end caps on the black lid.
The manifold was rusty and looked like crap so I got that cleaned up, and got the valves cleaned up. The fittings looked brown and ugly, so (not nearly at his level) channeled my inner @Josh Dekubber and cleaned up the fittings a bit. Next the hangers kinda dingy, so those got some treatment along with a few other sets, because of my assembly line brain, instead of doing it just for this one, I’ll do a few and put them in a bin for next time.
Next up was the grease tray rails. Blasted those and painted them to match the cook box. Blasted and painted the screws with high temp silver because why not.
My lack of decent Weber wheels is frustrating. But I got the whitewalls out, cleaned up and painted (so the big wheels are just temporary.
The lower rack cleaned up real nice, and installed an already (see my assembly line comment earlier) repainted tank hanger I had, and got some new front casters I got from Amazon really cheap during one of their big deal days. I used original Weber inserts because they came with the round inserts (that’s what the barcode pic is in case anyone wants it).
The tables, end handles and new internals are all cleaned up at home. So I’m hoping to do the final assembly one night this week. The SS lid isn’t what I’m wanting for my first full on rehab. So it will end up getting a different lid and the SS front panel will most likely get black paint. Or silver if I do the silver end caps on the black lid.
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Josh Dekubber
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Nice work Cody! Looking great
