How far back can you get Weber Gasser Parts?

[Ron G.]

I think I sort-of jumped the gun with my previous topic here -

Hard to justify spending around a K-note when so much other stuff around the house needs to be done (garage roof, door & trim, front porch, & newer car) - so it sounds like a new gasser will have to wait a while. Hey, I'm getting my new knife-sharpener toy!

However, I am of the belief that a good used one is definitely better than a new crappy one. I'm pretty handy with taking stuff apart and re-building, so for the next year or two, maybe that'll be my best bet.

It seems that a lot of older Genesis models that are in decent shape turn up. What sort of success have you guys who restore them had?
(Does Weber still stock parts for the units from the 90's?)

In this part of the country, it seems like the cart is probably the part most prone to environmental attack? What do you think?

 

[Gary S Smith]

Ron
Many of us have rebuilt the genesis from the 90s with great success. I think weber has almost all of the parts except for the top porcelain and that never goes bad anyway. They have burners, knobs, manifolds, grates, flavorizor bars and most of the hardware

I am refurbishing a early 90's Genesis Platinum series II and I am going to have the frame tig welded so that I will never have problems with it.

We can help if you need any advice. Go get one from CL they are run from as cheap as 35 to over 200 depending on the seller. Be sure it has 3 burners not 2

later

 

[Jay Rogers]

I obought a 1993 Genesis 1000 (was a Silver B, not sure what they are now) of ebay for $55 with local pickup. Spent $49 on new PCI grtates and it's good to go.

Will need to spend another $49 on burners soon, and another $60 on aftermarket flavorizer bars. All told, about $200 for a perfectly good grill that'll last another 15-20 years.