Hello everyone, I've just found this forum a few days ago but have just finished up some work on a Weber Genesis that my neighbor gave me 6 or 7 years ago in trade for welding up some gates for his deck. The wood wasn't in very good shape when I got in and I replaced a few pieces with grey plastic parts from Amazon. Not sure of the year it was made or the particular model #? The serial number sticker is just all white now. Can't read anything on it.
The tubing around the firebox rusted away on me recently in quite a few places and the manifold supports rusted off where they meet the firebox. I cut all the rusted tubing out and welded new 1-1/4 tubing sourced locally and scabbed some new flatbar pieces onto the manifold supports. I haven't done anything to the sides of the top but I did replace the handle bolts with stainless ones. I replaced all the bolts I've taken off with stainless when I put it back together.
I put in some new burners and evidently over paid for heavy duty flavorizer bars from Amazon when comparing the rcplanebuyer prices. Wish I had found this site sooner. I really like the new knobs I got as they are taller and larger in diameter than the old ones. Makes it surprisingly easier to push down and turn. I like the black knobs too. I've been looking for a black ignitor switch to match the knobs but am not sure if the one I found on Amazon will fit. 3-4 years back I put in an electronic ignition module and really like that compared to the old style. I put on some new wheels too.
I'm still working on doing something with the side table and even kicking around adding a side table to the right side. I had the swing up side table when I first got the grill but I can't for the life of me find it now. Afraid it might have been the victim of over zealous garage cleaning.
The grill came with cast iron porcelain coated grates and I've just about cooked them out. The porcelain is still pretty good on the top side but they are disappearing from the bottom up. I've looked at the aluminum "grill grates" several times but can't decide if they're worth it or not compared to replacing it with some stainless ones?
I need to do something to the top but I was ready to get back to grilling. I probably use this thing 2-3 times a week all year round.
It's not much compared to some of the beauties I've seen here but it certainly works better and will last far longer than most of the junk they sell these days.
The tubing around the firebox rusted away on me recently in quite a few places and the manifold supports rusted off where they meet the firebox. I cut all the rusted tubing out and welded new 1-1/4 tubing sourced locally and scabbed some new flatbar pieces onto the manifold supports. I haven't done anything to the sides of the top but I did replace the handle bolts with stainless ones. I replaced all the bolts I've taken off with stainless when I put it back together.
I put in some new burners and evidently over paid for heavy duty flavorizer bars from Amazon when comparing the rcplanebuyer prices. Wish I had found this site sooner. I really like the new knobs I got as they are taller and larger in diameter than the old ones. Makes it surprisingly easier to push down and turn. I like the black knobs too. I've been looking for a black ignitor switch to match the knobs but am not sure if the one I found on Amazon will fit. 3-4 years back I put in an electronic ignition module and really like that compared to the old style. I put on some new wheels too.
I'm still working on doing something with the side table and even kicking around adding a side table to the right side. I had the swing up side table when I first got the grill but I can't for the life of me find it now. Afraid it might have been the victim of over zealous garage cleaning.
The grill came with cast iron porcelain coated grates and I've just about cooked them out. The porcelain is still pretty good on the top side but they are disappearing from the bottom up. I've looked at the aluminum "grill grates" several times but can't decide if they're worth it or not compared to replacing it with some stainless ones?
I need to do something to the top but I was ready to get back to grilling. I probably use this thing 2-3 times a week all year round.
It's not much compared to some of the beauties I've seen here but it certainly works better and will last far longer than most of the junk they sell these days.
