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Grill Talk => Weber Grill Forum (Grills, Accessories) => Topic started by: zavod44 on November 08, 2012, 05:34:20 AM
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Did you get it yet? I'm waiting to see it!
Brian
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Keep your pants on Brian
The courier picked it up on Wednesday so hopefully it's on my doorstep this afternoon
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Keep your pants on Brian
;D
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Let me know if it arrives today so I can come around for a beer and a perv
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I'm waiting to see it! As I said I think I have some parts that are the same as those on your grill. If I can't use them maybe you can....
Brian
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Let me know if it arrives today so I can come around for a beer and a perv
"A Perv"? ???
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Let me know if it arrives today so I can come around for a beer and a perv
"A Perv"? ???
Perv-to stare with sexual intent.
That guy was perving at her.
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Yep, that's Brian! ;D
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Call me Aqualung....
Brian
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Those Aussie Pervs like to get all Pissed.
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Hey, I wrote a post without dissing Brian! 8)
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Hey, I wrote a post without dissing Brian! 8)
That's a complement down here
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I need pics :P
Todays phone pic just doesn't cut it
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So i arrived home from work today to find this package on my doorstep finally
It was like Christmas, remember Weber didn't start selling there wares in OZ til 1975, so this was like finding my Holy Grail
I unwrapped it and was pretty stoked to see what great condition it is in
I gave it a quick clean and she came up like brand new
Notice the height of the handle its an inch higher than a normal kettle and the overall height of the kettle is 4 inches higher than a standard kettle
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/Warrior%20Gasser/IMG_0293.jpg)
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/Warrior%20Gasser/IMG_0294-1.jpg)
I'm thinking the G in the serial number makes it a 1985 model
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/Warrior%20Gasser/IMG_0296.jpg)
Two holes in the bowl, one larger than the other, one for the igniter and one for the grease
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/Warrior%20Gasser/IMG_0285-1.jpg)
Two lid holders.....not sure why
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/Warrior%20Gasser/IMG_0288-1.jpg)
Burner in indirect position
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/Warrior%20Gasser/IMG_0284.jpg)
Burner in direct position
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/IMG_0292.jpg)
I hooked up the gas and it fired up easily, The direct and indirect function works well
Its missing a few things like the grease cup, high/low knob and the igniter.
But apart from that is looking sweet
I gave Weber a call to see if they still have the manual for it and to my surprise they did
Parts may be a problem though.... hopefully my good friend Brian can help me out there
Cheers
Joel
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Looks great Hogsy! How did you go about removing the burner? I would like to do remove mine on my performer cart model.
Your pans looks look better than mine, as I don't get a true seal in indirect mode. Let me know if your able to get some parts.
If you can supply the part number for the two pans in the bottom, it would be greatly appreciated.
Greg
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I think I have the knob you need. I'll post pictures of what I have. I have a brand new leg set, for that same grill. I also have the burner tube and maybe the burner itself. I'm not sure what the igniter looks like...
Brian
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Here's a photo of the igniter (borrowed from glrasmussen)
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/D4D526BD-3047-4674-BBCC-D3233FBA9819-1932-0000043C6B38AE7C.jpg)
Those parts would be great Brian
The burner comes apart pretty easy glrasmussen
Just unscrew the indirect/direct knob and the burner pulls out then you'll see the screws and tabs that attach the bowl to the stand
I had to move the burner around a bit till I found a spot where I got a good seal
Cheers
Joel
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Here's a photo of the igniter (borrowed from glrasmussen)
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/D4D526BD-3047-4674-BBCC-D3233FBA9819-1932-0000043C6B38AE7C.jpg)
Those parts would be great Brian
The burner comes apart pretty easy glrasmussen
Just unscrew the indirect/direct knob and the burner pulls out then you'll see the screws and tabs that attach the bowl to the stand
I had to move the burner around a bit till I found a spot where I got a good seal
Cheers
Joel
So if I remove the knob it all comes out through the bowl?
Greg
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Yes, it's a simple set up
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Okay this is what I have, you tell me what it is....
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z276/zavod112/DSC07782.jpg)
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z276/zavod112/DSC07781.jpg)
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z276/zavod112/DSC07780.jpg)
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z276/zavod112/DSC07779.jpg)
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z276/zavod112/DSC07778.jpg)
Looks kinda like the stuff you have....
Brian
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Ill try and explain these parts as best i can, some are fairly obvious others I'm not quite sure of but hopefully will become a little clearer when the manual arrives. The triangle is the base with axle for the wheels, the round black steel part holds the gas bottle in place on top of the triangle, the 2 pronged piece with nuts on the end is the front leg, the square metal piece that your holding in the photo is a cover that fits half way up the side of the cylindrical stand,the knob with weber written on it is for controlling the flame and the tube it's attached to sits inside the cylinder and the burner with the SS shaft with knob attached sits inside of it. The knob is used to shift from indirect to direct cooking positions
I hope that makes sense
Brian if your happy to part with those parts I'm interested
I'll send you a PM
Cheers
Joel
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I found the parts list and digram for the gas kettles. The position of the ignitor and burners are drawn, maybe this can help.
http://imageshack.us/a/img856/5792/ngkettle.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img809/8564/gaskettlepartslist.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img9/8739/lpkettle.png
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I found the parts list and digram for the gas kettles. The position of the ignitor and burners are drawn, maybe this can help.
http://imageshack.us/a/img856/5792/ngkettle.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img809/8564/gaskettlepartslist.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img9/8739/lpkettle.png
Thanks for the photos. That really helps
Any chance you could take another pic of the list of parts.
I can only see the parts list up to 31
Cheers
Joel
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Hogsy,
Sorry for the delay. Hope these help
http://imageshack.us/a/img803/9626/gkcoverm.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img855/8856/photo2bame.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img18/8963/photo3zvf.jpg
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/208/photo1ufq.jpg/
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I best be getting one of these kettle gassers ;)
Can't let hogsy have something I don't :P
mmm maybe a green one ;D
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Hogsy,
Sorry for the delay. Hope these help
http://imageshack.us/a/img803/9626/gkcoverm.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img855/8856/photo2bame.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img18/8963/photo3zvf.jpg
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/208/photo1ufq.jpg/
Cheers Ed
That's great
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Had a beer and a perv and a smoke with gas warrior yesty
Gave her the once over and she looked mighty fine in the flesh :-*
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They say things happen in 3's
First I picked up Grandpa's old gasser
Then Golly picked up the same model but in green a week later
And finally I grabbed this one during the week
It looks like an older model, can't wait for it to arrive
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/C940FF95-8A55-4401-BBAA-4FF013C6D26A-3197-000003211DA6B3F7.jpg)
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Hogsy your parts are in the mail, it looks like your gonna need them.....
Brian
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Cheers Brian
I'm eagerly awaiting them
Looks like the new one I'm getting has metal handles on the bowl and no vents on the lid which is pretty weird.
I cooked some pizzas on the gasser last night and they turned out great
Grill temp sat up around the 450 to 500f mark on high using the indirect position
No pics, pizzas were for the kids and pretty uneventful as far as toppings
Cheers
Joel
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Hooray my warrior gasser arrived today. Had to sneak it past management and it needs a good clean but what can I say it's a pretty cool grill and totally different to the last one I picked up. Looks like those parts you sent me Brian are going to come in real handy
Here's some pics
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/4927939B-CA01-4D78-A487-1DD535738EAC-529-000000B6C781FF63.jpg)
No vents on lid at all, double rivet handle and lid measures 24 inches across also the lip on the lid is 1 inch as opposed to 1/2 inch on a standard kettle lid
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/2E9F1D94-6DB4-478A-959A-82ABF9B9E2D1-529-000000B6CF69A460.jpg)
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/4E986A33-1AA1-4437-BBF2-C4191F1A290C-529-000000B70903ACE1.jpg)
Note the 3 brackets on the inside of the lid there similar to the brackets on the old woks
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/379C5AEB-74D9-44A1-849F-33CF9C35BDD8-529-000000B6DA29939E.jpg)
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/D90AB1AB-4AE7-4D5E-8090-FA15A3DDE9BB-529-000000B701F018C3.jpg)
The charcoal grate has a some extra rods welded to the bottom of it
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/1A0DCF50-8915-4959-B675-4C34EB467C98-529-000000B6E281EF50.jpg)
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/FCE70903-317F-4815-AC95-F573C658E469-529-000000B6E8A3B0E8.jpg)
There's only 1 hole in the bowl which is for the grease to drip out of into the grease cup which came with it as well. So there was no igniter with this model
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/0DD34D77-F334-4DE9-A74F-521083CD7BCA-529-000000B6FAA3FDC0.jpg)
The base is totally different as well its made out of 2 x 1/4 inch plate steel and the wheels are bolted on because the gas bottle holder is in the way of where the axle would normally go
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/9DA00A7C-2FFE-4995-BA07-9257F5F00BFA-529-000000B71203229E.jpg)
There's also differences to gas setup inside the bowl but I won't bore you with those details
So how old would this one be? Its got to be older than the other one seeing it has the metal bowl handles and the double rivet handle. There is a serial number on the stand which is G40193 but the serial number on the other one I have is G67360 so I don't think G is the date stamp
I'd love to get the owners manual on this to work it all out
Ed have you got anything on this model?
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Really interesting. At this point you guys are the gas kettle experts. Lots of interesting features. It must be older than 1981 if it's got the two rivet handle...
Brian
PS did you get the parts?
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Really interesting. At this point you guys are the gas kettle experts. Lots of interesting features. It must be older than 1981 if it's got the two rivet handle...
Brian
PS did you get the parts?
Not yet
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Do you need to be on the other side of the world? Shipping takes so long!
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Do you need to be on the other side of the world? Shipping takes so long!
Maybe you should of flown them over in that alien spaceship looking Ranch of yours ;D
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Will be over hogsy's place for a beer, smoke and a perv in the next few days
I will try and keep my gadya in pants
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Hey, that thing si pretty cool. Old school for sure. Should polish up nice..
That grate looks heavy duty. Probably to handle the heat. Its similiar to a 26 charcoal grate.
Can't wait to see it all dressed up. 8)
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What a find! There are lots of unique features to your gas kettle. It almost seems no two are exactly alike. I have 3 gas kettles, some share similar features with yours.
I heard that the "G" stood for gas at first, but don't quote me. Weber's time line has the gas kettles coming out in 1971. I think the letter date coding started in 1979. It looks like the vented lids were added after 1980 as a running change. The non vented lid gas kettle I have does have the extra support under the lava rock grate. The vented lid gas kettle does not have the extra support. The non vented lids and extra supported lava grate make it older. Also one hole for the greese makes it older. But how old I don't know.
I have never seen a stand/base like the one you have, different.
I have an owners manual from 1979, and a parts list from 1983. I posted the parts list eariler in this thread. I will get the manual up when I can.
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What a Webertastic day. Firstly the kettle arrived then late this afternoon the courier turned up with the parts from Brian. Thanks a lot Brian, each part was individually wrapped and I can tell you put a bit of effort into putting the parcel together not to mention sourcing the parts
Can't wait to restore the old warrior
And Ed thanks for the info on the gasser, makes it seem like even more of a find
Looking forward to having a perve on that owners manual
Cheers
Joel
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Everything was safe?
Brian
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Very nice! :)
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Everything was safe?
Brian
Yep, safe and sound
Cheers
Hogsy
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Hogsy, there is alot I don't know about the gas kettles. Here is some information and some educated guesses.
1979 owner manual,has the reinforced lava grates, 1" lid lip, thick tank brace
http://imageshack.us/a/img834/7166/1979manual.png
This is a lid I have, it has the extra brackets on it..never noticed them before
http://imageshack.us/a/img195/7242/gasketlid.png
1973 Weber catalog, the gas kettle was not in it, but is hidden on the cover. Why does Weber time line have the gas kettle at 1971, when it is not in the 72 or 73 catalogs.
http://imageshack.us/a/img89/2277/1973catalog.png
1983 parts list with model number, the gas lava grates listed separately
http://imageshack.us/a/img338/8377/1983parts1.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img717/8195/partslist2.png
Maybe the lid vents took the place of the lid brackets. The post/base were different for natural gas, LP, and permanent mount. I don't know when the second hole was added in the bowl.
It looks like the 1979 and older gas kettles have no vents in the lid and only one hole for the greese dripping. 1980 and newer gas kettles had lid vents and started to have a second hole for ignition.
Is there any other bits of information out there to put this all together?
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Thanks Ed for the info its definitely the 79 or earlier model that I've got
Could you take a pic of the other side of the page of the 79 Manual. I'd love to see the description of the parts of the kettle.
Also is there any info on how to light the BBQ in the 79 manual?
Is your gas kettle a brownie too?
I wonder how many colors they did in this model
Cheers
Hogsy
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I will send more pics of the 79 manual and find lighting instructions.
I have 3, 1 pre 79 in black, 2 post 79 one black and one brown. I have seen a red gas kettle before, so there is at least 3 colors.
I will list the serial numbers I have, maybe we can crack the date code on the gassers prior to the 1979 date code stamps.
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OK Hogsy, here is some more info and pics..
pre 1979 #19437, post 1979 #R 3769, post 1979 #A 059384
1979 Gas Kettle manual
http://imageshack.us/a/img4/7112/16647081.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img547/7951/63095071.png
1979 Gas kettle lighting instructions
http://imageshack.us/a/img594/3959/51825368.png
Replacement part box
http://imageshack.us/a/img811/7538/gg2gl.png
Picture of Gas Kettle posts
http://imageshack.us/a/img819/6605/gg4y.png
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Reilly, do you happen to have any brochures from the seventies showing several different kettles including a lime green one? I heard there is one out there.
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Thanks for those pics
Now it's time to clean her up and fire her up
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I've got 1962,1963, 1972,1973 catlogs. The colors offered are red, yellow, green (sage,avocado) copper mist, chestnut-copperton, glen-blue and black.
I can scan the catalogs to a USB drive and send it someone who can post it.
Let me know.
Here's one I dont have, a 1968 found on line
www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35190
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I've got 1962,1963, 1972,1973 catlogs. The colors offered are red, yellow, green (sage,avocado) copper mist, chestnut-copperton, glen-blue and black.
I can scan the catalogs to a USB drive and send it someone who can post it.
Let me know.
Here's one I dont have, a 1968 found on line
www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35190
That would be great if you could scan them
I'm pretty sure everyone would be interested in having a perve at them
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Finished cleaning the old girl up this week
Sanded back all the rust on the leg assembly and resprayed it, replaced the whole gas assembly and all the nuts and bolts with SS, new wheels , new burner
I pulled the whole thing apart and cleaned and polished every last inch of it and was pretty pleased when it kicked over so easily
A big thank you to Brian for sourcing the spare parts and to Ed for posting the users manual.
Was thinking of keeping as a looker not a cooker but couldn't resist trying it out
So I knocked up some pizzas on it tonight
Anyway here's some pics
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/4FFD12AC-CE36-41AA-98E5-187190B2E738-1451-0000017A77E15B37.jpg)
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/8DA53BB2-1331-40FC-BBFF-49D4FDECF1DA-1451-0000017A7F7A20A4.jpg)
Tried to get the pizza sitting as high as I could
Charcoal rails, trivet then stone gives me about 80mm clearance from the top of the lid
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/A23AF9D3-F80D-45B3-B12F-EC4E2195322B-1451-0000017A8DA412B4.jpg)
Kids pizza first... Of course
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/B8515500-4A46-4429-BC7B-04AA32BEC584-1451-0000017A943E7D5E.jpg)
Shortly followed by the adults pizza
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q585/joelhogston/1ED3D5F2-C152-462B-9803-1252EA3AB36B-1451-0000017AA33A2D64.jpg)
Pizzas turned out great , crispy base the whole way through, toppings nice and crispy and it was pretty cool cooking on a grill that's nearly as old as me
This thing gets hot fast..... And I can see why they changed the handle and lid design. After about 5mins the handle was scorching hot.
I reckon this gasser could put a mean sear on a steak but for now its my go to pizza oven
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You done good, as they say around here.
What's the contraption holding the swing rails of the cooking grate, must be sturdy to hold that pizza stone.
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That's a really impressive pizza! I new that old gasser would "knock them off"! Any idea how hot it ran?
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You done good, as they say around here.
What's the contraption holding the swing rails of the cooking grate, must be sturdy to hold that pizza stone.
It's an ikea roasting rack/trivet
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Looking good, Hogsy! Damned fine looking Warrior and pizza!
Craig
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There can't be too many other gassers that old, that look and work as good as this. I'm sure glad I wa able to get a hand on those parts. You really put them to good use..
Brian
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Thanks for the pointer here Hogsy!
My faded black one isn't going to be as pretty as yours, but for $25 US with a free tank of gas, I'll enjoy it! Just thinking about it, I now have two from about the same time - this 'new' one, and my original black kettle we purchased new back in the late seventies.
Just some fabricated lid tabs, replacing the rusted kettle fasteners and baffle, paint and elbow grease, I think I'll be making some fine looking pizzas!
Is there actually a source for some parts?
Thanks again, -Rick
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I think I just got lucky . With another member having some
Great pick up though..... Can't complain about the price
At the moment we have
Hogsy - 2 chocolate standard gassers 1 post, 1 pre 81
Golly- 1 choc standard post 81, 1 red standard post 81, 1- green deluxe post 81
Duke- 1 black standard pre 81
Dazzo- 1 black standard pre 81
Reillyranch - ???
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Here's another thread with pics of the brackets -
http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/trading-post/free-gas-kettle-milpitas-ca/msg17357/#msg17357
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welcome to the gas kettle club Dazzo ;D
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Thanks Golly.
Looking at that last link posted by Hogsy, I recognized the tank. And it's probably the only one in the world that's missing the tabs on the lid.
Yo Duke, that's my 'new' one! But I didn't get the kitchen sink :D
-Rick
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OK guys, any leads or ideas on replacing the indirect baffle?
I patched mine and it actually worked, but since it was just plated metal, I'm not sure how long it would really last, or what kind of toxic fumes I'm creating :P
Plan B is to use fire bricks on the rock grate.
Thanks, -Rick
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Welcome Dazzo, I didn't see you in the new members area and missed you. I still have the lava rocks.
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I patched mine and it actually worked, but since it was just plated metal, I'm not sure how long it would really last, or what kind of toxic fumes I'm creating :P
Thanks, -Rick
Please be careful.....if the metal shows areas of yellowish, or goldish dribble, maybe flaking....it may be galvanized & can make people very sick from food cooked on it.....
Re-check this, as it's important.... :)
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Yeah 1buckie, I fired it up for about 15 minutes in indirect mode and I was happy that it worked - but I just don't trust the metal (just a plated sheet from OSH). No bad signs of anything, but still... :P
That's why I'm looking for leads on a replacement baffle.
In the mean time, fire bricks using direct mode showed temp rise pretty good after a short time - it might work for pizza. I'll play with that some more after I'm done cleaning it up.
Thanks for the welcome Duke! I still need to swing by for the rocks.