Dan are you sure that's from a Genesis 1000? I've never seen that before, this is what it looks like on all my 1000's.The support bracket can be seen in this pic. Hooks over the underside crossbar and holds the manifold up. This is a Genesis 1000 but it is the same as a 2000 Silver B.
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Excellent, I think that explains it perfectly.The bracket Steve posted is a little later design. I think Dan's picture shows the earlier bracket, like what I found in the Junior. In fact, Dan's picture shows the same narrow crossmember as the Junior - which was eliminated in later grills. Here's a picture of the two brackets side-by-side. The Junior is on the left and a Silver series is on the right.
Even the new replacement manifolds for the 1000 series look yours on the left with the square fuel runner and hooks.
Well, now I don't think so...Is it possible that the manifold came from an older grill? If I recall, the angle of an older cookbox is slightly different and will pitch the manifold a little.