Hey steve, yes i took them all apart to clean and didnt notice any problems then, it's only been in the last couple of cooks. ill take them a part again and inspect. is this a common thing though? i havent noticed any leaks but will also check that!
No, I've never come across that particular problem. The two most common problems I've seen on manifolds are valves that won't lock into position or pop up freely (the main reason to risk disassembling them to clean and lubricate) or the arms on the manifold getting bent down over time so that your knobs bottom out on the control panel.
Thanks Steve I’ll def check for gas leak then open it up. It does have a case of the bent arm also but it’s not bottoming out on the panel.
Appreciate it. I’ll post a video so you can see about the amount of wiggle!
Thanks, that’s reassuring. I can’t remember what the internals were like however I just cleaned out my side burner valve and it definitely had 3 orifices If ghat means anything. Is there anything that can be down to fix the way the valve sits relative to the control panel? Like Steve was saying above how it can bottom out against the control panel?
Make sure that support bracket is in place. Otherwise it will sag under it's own weight. Odd, the side burner had fixed orifices. That is the first one I have heard of. All the ones I have been around have been continuous variable. More like a kitchen stove valve
Hey Larry here’s my sideburner cone
Ah cool, thanks Steve. The one I’m watching is still sitting on $1 reserve, no one has bidded so I’m hoping I get it cheap. So far I’ve never seen anything older than a silver in NZ, but one day I’d love to get a 1000 redhead. It’d be cool if you could see how many units Weber sold over the years and in what markets.
Well, I just found two of the exact same grill near me listed for $100. One of them is a little on the rusty side but I personally wouldn't go over $40 or $50 for either of them. It would be nice to have a breakdown on that but it's really not to hard to guess just based on population. The population of just the county I live in is equal or more than the entire population of your country. If you told me you wanted a redhead Genesis 1000 I could bring one home tomorrow, I saw a few just looking through Facebook marketplace tonight. It's just a numbers game, hang in there and you will find one.
Lol! Yeah you’re right. I know a few people that import cars and car parts in from the US, maybe I should sneak a grill in the trunk?