JonathanHolkum
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Hey All!
I’m a native Coloradoan, from Colorado Springs and live in Fort Collins, CO. Family man with three kids that recently bought a camper. I have a q1200 that I used at home and loved it. I used it while camping and found that the Weber extension hose went bad. In the search for a used “camper” grill I didn’t find much but I found an old Genesis 1000, which didn’t work out and then a 2000 which also was too far gone. I fell In love with them and decided I would find an old one to restore and use at home and use the 1200 for camping.
Once I found the older Genesis type, I began googling them and the how-to repairs. Nearly every post I came across was on TVWBB. Every thread lead to another question and solution and then I saw all the Genesis Cadillacs that had been restored. I found a late 90’s 1000 for $25 that the owner had stored for the last 15 years with the hopes to restore but never did… I really think I got lucky with my first one.
I have a lot of questions and will post a lot of pictures. I plan to take the frame, legs, grill box and lid ends to bare metal and polish the hood with 0000 steel wool as I have read. The overall condition looks great to me, but I plan to replace the flavorizer bars and grates which fell apart when I took them out to take the grill home.
The lady I bought it from said that she didn’t know if it even worked. The grill lit on the second punch of the igniter! Like I said, I feel lucky, or the 1000 is a bad ***. Some rust on the burners should I replace them?
The inside of the hood has little wear and tear, steel wool for cleaning?
The pan looks rough but most of it is grease, you can see the true color on the edges. Same treatment as the hood?
The manufacturer tag was tough to read, I have edited a pic and posted it below. The serial number shows a 98 I believe.
Based on other grills (and my age maybe) I can’t believe the quality that Weber makes something as tough as as this grill control panel. How do I clean it without a effecting the text?
The wood panels look original, but I will replace them with mahogany I think.
The igniter box is torched and rusted…but still works, I plan to replace it.
The original owner gave this piece to me and said it was for the grill… any idea what it is??
This weight mechanism is understandable to me, but what should I do to maintain it/restore it? Also, it is difficult to tell but the manifold is very rusted, should it be replaced or polished?
Another view of the manifold. I plan to polish with dremel.
This is the edited version of the manufacturer’s label. It is very faded. I am looking forward to finishing the restore on this grill and happy I found you Weber grill gods! I appreciate any input and I will post as I go!
I’m a native Coloradoan, from Colorado Springs and live in Fort Collins, CO. Family man with three kids that recently bought a camper. I have a q1200 that I used at home and loved it. I used it while camping and found that the Weber extension hose went bad. In the search for a used “camper” grill I didn’t find much but I found an old Genesis 1000, which didn’t work out and then a 2000 which also was too far gone. I fell In love with them and decided I would find an old one to restore and use at home and use the 1200 for camping.
Once I found the older Genesis type, I began googling them and the how-to repairs. Nearly every post I came across was on TVWBB. Every thread lead to another question and solution and then I saw all the Genesis Cadillacs that had been restored. I found a late 90’s 1000 for $25 that the owner had stored for the last 15 years with the hopes to restore but never did… I really think I got lucky with my first one.
I have a lot of questions and will post a lot of pictures. I plan to take the frame, legs, grill box and lid ends to bare metal and polish the hood with 0000 steel wool as I have read. The overall condition looks great to me, but I plan to replace the flavorizer bars and grates which fell apart when I took them out to take the grill home.
The lady I bought it from said that she didn’t know if it even worked. The grill lit on the second punch of the igniter! Like I said, I feel lucky, or the 1000 is a bad ***. Some rust on the burners should I replace them?
The inside of the hood has little wear and tear, steel wool for cleaning?
The pan looks rough but most of it is grease, you can see the true color on the edges. Same treatment as the hood?
The manufacturer tag was tough to read, I have edited a pic and posted it below. The serial number shows a 98 I believe.
Based on other grills (and my age maybe) I can’t believe the quality that Weber makes something as tough as as this grill control panel. How do I clean it without a effecting the text?
The wood panels look original, but I will replace them with mahogany I think.
The igniter box is torched and rusted…but still works, I plan to replace it.
The original owner gave this piece to me and said it was for the grill… any idea what it is??
This weight mechanism is understandable to me, but what should I do to maintain it/restore it? Also, it is difficult to tell but the manifold is very rusted, should it be replaced or polished?
Another view of the manifold. I plan to polish with dremel.
This is the edited version of the manufacturer’s label. It is very faded. I am looking forward to finishing the restore on this grill and happy I found you Weber grill gods! I appreciate any input and I will post as I go!
but I still love my Genesis. BTW you have a "true" Genesis.