2004 Weber Silver Genesis B restoration


 
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Stephanie Louise

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Thanks to you all, and Amazon and Fix.com, and my local welder, I have a new grill! Cost me a bit for new parts, but when I look at the price tags in the store for the newer models, I think I invested well. And from what I've read here, the burner system on the Silver Genesis can't be beat.

I got this grill new, back in the day, as a birthday present, and grilled a lot of burgers and steaks, even some dogs over the years. Eventually the flavorizer bars folded inward from corrosion, and the holes in the burners corroded, as well.



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She has new burners, new grates, new ignition, new flavorizer bars, new wheels (2 Weber and 2 lawnmower), new paint, new thermometer. Instead of replacing the bottom pan with a new one, which retails for over $100, I made a wooden rack. I used a lot of swear words on it.

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Cross bar cost me $53 to have welded in (they also removed the old, rusty one.)
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One thing I learned is that the screws/nuts holding the burners in the box--they are not meant to come out. Originally I'd thought that these were so corroded, and that was the reason I couldn't unscrew them. Then I read somewhere that they aren't supposed to be removed. I slipped the old burners out, cleaned out the grime under the holding screws/washers, and jimmied the new burners in. I was so happy that this was all by design, after all the parts and time I'd invested in.

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Reborn and looking good. Isn't that grill supposed to have cross bars across the front and back at the bottom?
 
Bruce said:
Reborn and looking good. Isn't that grill supposed to have cross bars across the front and back at the bottom?
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Thanks, you guys! What a community here. You guys are so awesome and generous with your talents and encouragement. I love it!

No--this grill, sadly, doesn't have support bars on the bottom; it relied on a lower pan that snapped into place to act as support. So I did attach some corner braces to the underside of my wooden rack, the idea (hopefully?) being that these would prevent the cart from doing the splits over time.

Here's the schematics for my Weber:

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That lower pan (item 24) has no drainage, so any water that collects (maybe shame on me for not taking better care of the grill?) just leads to rust. And the pan is quite expensive to replace according to all the parts shops I checked. Not a great design, anyway, unless one were to maybe drill some holes into the bottom?
 
Stephanie Louise said:
That lower pan (item 24) has no drainage, so any water that collects (maybe shame on me for not taking better care of the grill?) just leads to rust. And the pan is quite expensive to replace according to all the parts shops I checked. Not a great design, anyway, unless one were to maybe drill some holes into the bottom?
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In theory, at each corner of the pan where the sides are folded up, there's a bit of an opening that water is supposed to drain out of.


Nice job on the restore !! Nice solution to the bottom rack!
 
That makes sense. I picked up a silver b earlier this year that had the cabinet and it too had the bottom pan that provided the support between the legs. Yep, it was a rust fest. i parted the grill out as it clearly had a big grease fire in it at some point and the cook box was warped. It had black knobs however.
 
DaveW said:
In theory, at each corner of the pan where the sides are folded up, there's a bit of an opening that water is supposed to drain out of.


Nice job on the restore !! Nice solution to the bottom rack!
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Thanks, Dave!

Maybe due to warping or grit collection, that bottom pan just remained water-logged and rusted out. I'd hoped to salvage it with a coat of paint, but it was too far gone.
 
Bruce said:
That makes sense. I picked up a silver b earlier this year that had the cabinet and it too had the bottom pan that provided the support between the legs. Yep, it was a rust fest. i parted the grill out as it clearly had a big grease fire in it at some point and the cook box was warped. It had black knobs however.
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Harsh weather there in the Mid West, too, right? I am in California and leave the grill out all season, under a patio cover.
 
I also built a wooden shelf for my Genesis Gold C. I used the original clamps which held the metal shelf in place to hold the wooden rack in place.
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But I did not make it as nice and shiny since it will be out of sight anyhow.
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