Found Free Silver B

[Bruce]

The crossover on the tubes is shot. I would just replace the whole set of tubes. Grates are toast. They should get a new solid rod SS set. The Flavo bars look to have life in them yet after a little cleaning. If this is a personal grill, I would consider keeping them for a while yet unless you just want to go all new. The igniter is on its last leg too. But, that is a good grill to rehab.

 

[Samuel]

The crossover on the tubes is shot. I would just replace the whole set of tubes. Grates are toast. They should get a new solid rod SS set. The Flavo bars look to have life in them yet after a little cleaning. If this is a personal grill, I would consider keeping them for a while yet unless you just want to go all new. The igniter is on its last leg too. But, that is a good grill to rehab.

Yes Bruce, I am liking this grill very much. It sat on craigslist for 10 days and no one picked it up. I was skeptical because he was not taking emails only giving a phone number to text for pickup, which was probably the reason it sat for so long. I usually do no respond to those, but I took a chance it paid off. Yes I want to keep this.

 

[Bruce]

Samuel, then I would just clean up and keep the flavo bars and replace the rest. But if you want to replace those as well, that is fine, and you can keep the old ones as back ups.

 

[Benny Gilbert]

Haven't had many free grill scores, but the one that sticks in my head is actually when the owners of my favorite grill shop gifted me a WSM 22 when they were closing down in early 2020 (the owners were planning to retire anyway, but COVID kinda expedited the timeline) - genuinely one of the kindest gestures anyone's ever done for me! I still cherish that thing.

 

[Samuel]

Some parts I have:
1. Blk Spirit Grill knobs.
2. Curved LHS thermoset worktable and swing table
3. Set of Blk Genesis left and right trim end pieces.
8. Skyline Condiment rack.
10. Dyed blk Ignitor switch

Not sure I like the Grill knobs they sit kind of high.
It is going to need a valve cleaning the knobs do not have that pop up that I like.
The manifold is slightly off center from control panel. I am going to have reevaluate that.

 

[Samuel]

Some parts I have:
6. White classic wheel inserts (Chuck's inserts)
7. Dyed Blk Genesis silver handle.

I am starting to like that Black Mica Lid.

 

[Samuel]

Shout out to @Bruce for dying and sourcing me the Genesis Silver handle!
Shout out to @Bob Erdman for sourcing me the Skyline Condiment rack!

No worries I am not done with her yet, I just wanted to say, "Thanks!"

 

[Steve Hoch]

I usually put all the new parts on after I take the grill apart to clean and repaint everything but this works too.

 

[Samuel]

I usually put all the new parts on after I take the grill apart to clean and repaint everything but this works too.

Yes Steve,
I believe that is the norm. I like to way my options though before I clean and repaint, kind of backwards I know.

 

[Samuel]

I have not checked yet if the holes are present for stainless steel panel that has the front ignitor hole, like the one on my Platinum for the size of my Silver B. I believe you can find them on the 3 burner Spirit grill. I do not have one, but I wondered how that would look.

 

[Bruce]

I kinda like those panels. Some are plain steel painted black as well. They hide the bottom of the firebox nicely.

 

[Jim Weber]

Just throwing this out --- you could easily shave off some of the stem of the gas knobs to lower them to appease all of out OCD here.... once you get them centered up of course.

 

[Samuel]

Just throwing this out --- you could easily shave off some of the stem of the gas knobs to lower them to appease all of out OCD here.... once you get them centered up of course.

Thanks Jim,
That did cross my mind. My worry is cutting them all the same length. I have cut a different style one in the past to make a burner knob. I cut it with my Dremel tool but it was not a very straight cut so that was my concern.

 

[Bruce]

You might find that the knobs no longer have enough shaft to hold the valve stem adequately. I would opt for finding a set of knobs that fit the grill the right way.

 

[Samuel]

You might find that the knobs no longer have enough shaft to hold the valve stem adequately. I would opt for finding a set of knobs that fit the grill the right way.

I have some that were like the ones that came with it. They are already dyed black. I will place them on pic them tomorrow.

 

[Samuel]

Here are three different style of Grill knobs I have in sets that I have already dyed black.
The one on the far left is like the OEM style.

 

[Samuel]

I tried to repair the Grease tray guide rails. They are holding but have tremendous sag on the right side. I had previously removed them and attempted bend them back into shape, but I am afraid the original owner's dog just mangled them too much to satisfy my repair. So I will still need to buy those.

 

[Steve Hoch]

You might find that the knobs no longer have enough shaft to hold the valve stem adequately. I would opt for finding a set of knobs that fit the grill the right way.

Or possibly the manifold has become bent out of shape, that could explain why the knobs seem so high up on the shafts.

 

[Jon Tofte]

Here are three different style of Grill knobs I have in sets that I have already dyed black.
The one on the far left is like the OEM style.

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I personally think the OEM one on the right would look best. I used the same knobs on my "Blackout" Skyline. Since posting a while back, I painted the indicator dashes white like on the Spirit ones you tried out.

 

[LMichaels]

I'd be curious to see. If someone with both a large sweep Genesis and the smaller sweep (I don't know what you call the extended valve rotation). Would look at the spool valves. I'd lay odds the ones with the larger rotation may be the "continuous" type vs smaller rotation version being the 3 step. And perhaps this is is how Weber differentiated the two. Maybe if someone in possession of both would take a little time and check this out? Maybe post photos of both valve spools?