I had a couple weeks off recovering from a surgery and not many things to do with everything being closed/restrictions post surgery, I happened to find a new project to pass the time and completely went completely down this rabbit hole.
I was driving down the street, and someone put this on the curb:
It sat there for 2 days, and finally I decided to take a look why no one wanted it. The frame attached to the legs were so rusted out, it would bend from a 90 degree angle to 45 degree, and I don't think anyone wanted to touch it. I figured I could just put some threaded inserts to fix the frame so it doesn't look like the leaning tower of Pisa.
The bad with the redhead:
When doing research on the Genesis 1000, I realized I REALLY wanted the flip up side table, and started looking for another Genesis 1000 so I could use as a donor, and ended up finding a blacktop for $40:
Started to get to work on the Genesis 1000 and see how it turned out before I could make the decision to part ways with my trusty Silver B:
Cleaned out the firebox / end caps, Simply Green / steel wool for the lid, and was looking like a keeper.
Came to an agreement with my wife, I really wanted the rcplanebuyer FB and grates since I am planning to keep this as my "forever grill", but only after I sold the Silver A. Was able to get $125 for it, basically all the parts I put into it (FB, grates, burner tubes). Was sad to see it go, but it went to a good home. (I didn't know about Simply Green until this thread, so was able to clean it up nicely for the new owner).
Finally got my rcplanebuyer today, and wanted to finally make the post after benefiting so much from the forum and all the great resources:
Final bill:
There were some really great threads here and gave me some really good ideas and tips.
I was driving down the street, and someone put this on the curb:
It sat there for 2 days, and finally I decided to take a look why no one wanted it. The frame attached to the legs were so rusted out, it would bend from a 90 degree angle to 45 degree, and I don't think anyone wanted to touch it. I figured I could just put some threaded inserts to fix the frame so it doesn't look like the leaning tower of Pisa.
The bad with the redhead:
- Rusted burners and crossover tube and completed rusted out with gaping holes
- LP manifold looked in really rough shape, and was rusted onto the firebox and couldn't get off
- Frame was pretty rusted
- FB were rusted, but could be salvaged for a little longer
When doing research on the Genesis 1000, I realized I REALLY wanted the flip up side table, and started looking for another Genesis 1000 so I could use as a donor, and ended up finding a blacktop for $40:
- Was in great shape considering, no rust on the frame, the insides had been not been cleaned in a long time so essentially preserved most of the firebox
- Had the durawood (I don't think I'm ready to cut/plane/stain/poly just yet), as I wanted something low maintenance
- They must have replaced the burner tubes as they were in great shape, the LP manifold regulator was in great shape
- My plan was to keep everything on the new one I bought and swap out the black lid for the red one, and keep the wooden handle
Started to get to work on the Genesis 1000 and see how it turned out before I could make the decision to part ways with my trusty Silver B:
Cleaned out the firebox / end caps, Simply Green / steel wool for the lid, and was looking like a keeper.
Came to an agreement with my wife, I really wanted the rcplanebuyer FB and grates since I am planning to keep this as my "forever grill", but only after I sold the Silver A. Was able to get $125 for it, basically all the parts I put into it (FB, grates, burner tubes). Was sad to see it go, but it went to a good home. (I didn't know about Simply Green until this thread, so was able to clean it up nicely for the new owner).
Finally got my rcplanebuyer today, and wanted to finally make the post after benefiting so much from the forum and all the great resources:
Final bill:
- $40 for blacktop Genesis 1000
- $30 and change - Rustoleum Ultra / Rustoleum Matte / oven cleaner / brake degreaser / brake grease / Simply Green etc
- $190 (w/ shipping) for rcplanebuyer fb and grates
- +$125 selling Silver A
- Total: $135 out of pocket for this project
- Tried to minimize how much I spent, otherwise I would have love to sandblast the end caps / firebox. Paint job could have been better, but just wanted to clean it up a bit and prevent future rusting
- Replacing the durawood for what i really want would have been time consuming and costly, so maybe in the future
- I could have salvaged more parts from the redhead, but didn't think till after listing it and reading forums.
- The weber badge (better condition then mine). I tried painting and sanding, but didn't turn out as nice and the redhead badge was new looking
- The axel (my weber has some surface rust on it)
- I tried using the impact gun to remove the screws on the rails, and snapped it off (I had it turning the wrong way). I tried drilling it out, but was too much work, and wasn't impeding on the ability to hold the drip pan, so had to let it go.
- Replacing the hose from the original quick release to a new regulator was a PIA. The manifold had 2 holes for a regulator, on the bottom and on the side (bottom one has a plug). When I removed the old regulator and the plug, the previous owner had messed up the threads and screwed them in the wrong way and put some sort of sealant. When I tried to put the plug back in, it wouldn't screw in, the new adapter wouldn't screw in, I thought I was out of luck. After painstakingly trying different things, was finally to get everything to thread properly / screw in. I'm never touching those again.
- I used the matte Rustoleum for the firebox, and like some others, mine looks grey instead of matte black. I didn't have enough Rustoleum Ultra semi gloss to see what that would look like, but it's better than what it was before
- I would like the replace the rocker switch, because cracked and crummy looking (but still works). They don't sell these anymore, and I'm keeping an eye out for new donors, but hard to pick up an entire grill just for a rocker switch, but we'll see.
- Cleaning the valves. I didn't realize how much of a difference it made until after. It was so gunked up, and it wouldn't set properly in low / med / high settings. Now it moves smoothly into each one and locks in place.
There were some really great threads here and gave me some really good ideas and tips.
