I wasn’t sure if I should put this here or in the sale thread because it is indeed for sale but really I’m looking for advice so feel free to move it if needed.
I’ve got my father in-law’s gasser with the task of selling it, a 2005 A4 Weber Summit Platinum. It’s in pretty decent shape all things considered but given its age I can’t really find anything comparable to determine how much I should be asking for it. So I humbly reach out to the Pitmaster brain trust. And no, keeping it isn’t an option. As nice as it is I have no room for it and I’m not really a gasser guy.😬
The vertical streaks you see on the front are reflections by the way, not defects. I got it here and started taking the innards out to see what I was dealing with. She was diiirrrtyyy.... so I got to work with my little plastic scraper that’s sold by Lodge for their pans but it was a two pack so one became the dedicated grill gunk scraper which it does a great job at.
The pic above was taken after this cleaning and all-burners-on-high burn off. I am thinking the surface rust is no big deal or at least will come off easily? Those grates are solid and heavy. Anyways after taking the grates off I got to the the flavorizer bars, a section of 5 on the left and a section of 4 on the right. The angled bar that connected the 5 bar section had rusted through so now it’s a 2-3-4 section set. Honestly it’s not something that I think would get moved around too much so no big deal really, atleast not worth replacing given what I saw Weber was asking for a replacement set. (Who else always uses the left side of the grill/griddle as the hot side and the right as the indirect side? I do, every time. This would explain the rust through. I should switch it up now and then.)
After removing the bars I got to the burners. As you would imagine they were rusty too but still functional although the crossover tubes are shot. This didn’t seem to actually prevent crossover ignition as you can just turn the adjacent burner on, shut the lid and enough gas builds up to ignite it. I’m pretty sure that’s a recommended procedure in the user manual somewhere 👍.
I scraped it all out as best I could and shoved it all down the trough. That’s when I discovered the trough is removable from underneath. Again, I’m not a gas guy so this was news to me. Either way the trough appears to be enamel/porcelain coated and after cleaning the gunk off I realized it was in really good condition. Makes sense as it doesn’t really get any abuse.
Again I scraped it all out, replaced the flavorizer bars and lit it up. Once good and hot I took a wire brush to them then put the grates in and gave them the same treatment. I should add that the igniter works, kind of. I’m thinking it’s because the little igniter boxes where the spark is made is all rusted. Instead of the constant clicking you’ll get one sporadic spark... just enough to get it lit.
So there you have it. Aside from some cosmetic fading and replaceable parts that could use replacing, the body and frame of the grill are in good structural condition and probably will be for some time. As far as the replaceable part are concerned we have the following:
Flavorizer bars are now 3 sections as opposed to two (maybe this is a new feature??? 🤔)
Crossover tubes are shot and should be replaced but can/does work without it.
One of the magnets on a door below doesn’t seem to be as strong as it should be so if you’re uneven it might creep open
Something in the ignition system could use replacing but I’m not sure what.
In my perfect world I sell this as is, end of transaction. I’m reluctant to think that any money I spend in replacement parts will increase the value more than proportionately but if I’m wrong I’ll absolutely do it.
A few questions:
1) I’d rather not dump any money into this but would you suggest fixing some or all of the issues above before posting?
2) Depending on what, if anything, gets fixed by me what is a fair asking price?
I don’t have room for this in summer when all of the deck furniture is out but it’s all packed away for winter now so the real estate this grill takes up isn’t a problem yet. I say that because I could hold onto it (maybe even use it) until early spring when it’s a better time to sell.
Thanks for reading through the novel and I appreciate the feedback.
Cheers! 🥃
I’ve got my father in-law’s gasser with the task of selling it, a 2005 A4 Weber Summit Platinum. It’s in pretty decent shape all things considered but given its age I can’t really find anything comparable to determine how much I should be asking for it. So I humbly reach out to the Pitmaster brain trust. And no, keeping it isn’t an option. As nice as it is I have no room for it and I’m not really a gasser guy.😬
The vertical streaks you see on the front are reflections by the way, not defects. I got it here and started taking the innards out to see what I was dealing with. She was diiirrrtyyy.... so I got to work with my little plastic scraper that’s sold by Lodge for their pans but it was a two pack so one became the dedicated grill gunk scraper which it does a great job at.
The pic above was taken after this cleaning and all-burners-on-high burn off. I am thinking the surface rust is no big deal or at least will come off easily? Those grates are solid and heavy. Anyways after taking the grates off I got to the the flavorizer bars, a section of 5 on the left and a section of 4 on the right. The angled bar that connected the 5 bar section had rusted through so now it’s a 2-3-4 section set. Honestly it’s not something that I think would get moved around too much so no big deal really, atleast not worth replacing given what I saw Weber was asking for a replacement set. (Who else always uses the left side of the grill/griddle as the hot side and the right as the indirect side? I do, every time. This would explain the rust through. I should switch it up now and then.)
After removing the bars I got to the burners. As you would imagine they were rusty too but still functional although the crossover tubes are shot. This didn’t seem to actually prevent crossover ignition as you can just turn the adjacent burner on, shut the lid and enough gas builds up to ignite it. I’m pretty sure that’s a recommended procedure in the user manual somewhere 👍.
I scraped it all out as best I could and shoved it all down the trough. That’s when I discovered the trough is removable from underneath. Again, I’m not a gas guy so this was news to me. Either way the trough appears to be enamel/porcelain coated and after cleaning the gunk off I realized it was in really good condition. Makes sense as it doesn’t really get any abuse.
Again I scraped it all out, replaced the flavorizer bars and lit it up. Once good and hot I took a wire brush to them then put the grates in and gave them the same treatment. I should add that the igniter works, kind of. I’m thinking it’s because the little igniter boxes where the spark is made is all rusted. Instead of the constant clicking you’ll get one sporadic spark... just enough to get it lit.
So there you have it. Aside from some cosmetic fading and replaceable parts that could use replacing, the body and frame of the grill are in good structural condition and probably will be for some time. As far as the replaceable part are concerned we have the following:
Flavorizer bars are now 3 sections as opposed to two (maybe this is a new feature??? 🤔)
Crossover tubes are shot and should be replaced but can/does work without it.
One of the magnets on a door below doesn’t seem to be as strong as it should be so if you’re uneven it might creep open
Something in the ignition system could use replacing but I’m not sure what.
In my perfect world I sell this as is, end of transaction. I’m reluctant to think that any money I spend in replacement parts will increase the value more than proportionately but if I’m wrong I’ll absolutely do it.
A few questions:
1) I’d rather not dump any money into this but would you suggest fixing some or all of the issues above before posting?
2) Depending on what, if anything, gets fixed by me what is a fair asking price?
I don’t have room for this in summer when all of the deck furniture is out but it’s all packed away for winter now so the real estate this grill takes up isn’t a problem yet. I say that because I could hold onto it (maybe even use it) until early spring when it’s a better time to sell.
Thanks for reading through the novel and I appreciate the feedback.
Cheers! 🥃
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