Ryan P MKE
New member
Hey all,
first, a big thank you for all the posts here that have been both inspiring and instructive as I have attempted my first real restoration. I grew up with my dad cooking on a squarish Weber grill and knew that I wanted one - a neighbor offered one for free and I jumped on it as a project during caronavirus isolation. Posts here were really valuable and doubly inspiring, especially because this grill has about 30 years of use and very few cleanings. It’s been a LOT of work to get this thing clean and the parts ready. it’s now beautiful and gleaming and ready to assemble, including rcplanebuyer bars and grills. Which bring me to item two:
Gas valves! I’m 99% sure that I have a Spirit 700 - the serial was worn away, but the firebox has engravings 150-040-00 and B700FB-1. Plus, it looks just like the photos of the model. Its in great shape under all the layers of crud, but one valve stem is busted while the other two valves are so corroded that I can’t pull them apart for cleaning. So I would like to replace all three. But I can’t find them anywhere!
The common replacement valve 34600 doesn’t fit - I have three of them now but the threads are different and the stems are 2x as long. So I’m stuck at the moment.
Can you suggest how/where I might get these valves? None of the common bbq sites have them, it seems. Is there a part number that I should look for? Can I swap out th manifold/valves made for a Genesis model?
Many thanks for your opinions on this. I’m so close to being done that I can almost taste my first burgers.
first, a big thank you for all the posts here that have been both inspiring and instructive as I have attempted my first real restoration. I grew up with my dad cooking on a squarish Weber grill and knew that I wanted one - a neighbor offered one for free and I jumped on it as a project during caronavirus isolation. Posts here were really valuable and doubly inspiring, especially because this grill has about 30 years of use and very few cleanings. It’s been a LOT of work to get this thing clean and the parts ready. it’s now beautiful and gleaming and ready to assemble, including rcplanebuyer bars and grills. Which bring me to item two:
Gas valves! I’m 99% sure that I have a Spirit 700 - the serial was worn away, but the firebox has engravings 150-040-00 and B700FB-1. Plus, it looks just like the photos of the model. Its in great shape under all the layers of crud, but one valve stem is busted while the other two valves are so corroded that I can’t pull them apart for cleaning. So I would like to replace all three. But I can’t find them anywhere!
The common replacement valve 34600 doesn’t fit - I have three of them now but the threads are different and the stems are 2x as long. So I’m stuck at the moment.
Can you suggest how/where I might get these valves? None of the common bbq sites have them, it seems. Is there a part number that I should look for? Can I swap out th manifold/valves made for a Genesis model?
Many thanks for your opinions on this. I’m so close to being done that I can almost taste my first burgers.
