Fasteners - Barrel Nuts

Gary Lewis wrote

Dave - First, I'm "in the know" for the retainers for the 1982 & 3 letters: E0TZ 000000-A.  (They only used the letters in '80 & '81.  )

But, it isn't so easy for the 1980 & '81 trucks.  That's 'cause there apparently isn't a part number in the catalog for them.  As you can see below, "Incl. attaching parts" means they came with the letters:



But, if you can measure the studs and give me a pic of the original retainers maybe we can figure it out?

Gary, sorry getting bad late on this.
I measured the FORD letter pins and cam up with .125 = 1/8"
The new barrel clips I got were for 1/8" pins but slipped on & off the pins.
They were also bigger OD than what I pulled off the truck and would not fit in the holes.

I even drilled the holes bigger and tried to use the new clips but could not get them to start in the holes and fearing they would not hold the letters and not go too big on the holes so I could not use the old clips I wound up using the old clips.

I do think if I was to get the new barrel clips in the holes they would close up to grab the pins but again I did not want to risk them not so used the old ones.
Thanks
Dave ----

TheScatch wrote

One thing I did was to take pictures of stuff before it came apart so I could remember what went where down the road. I have the same screw in my passenger support bracket.



And this one in the driver.

The first picture of the 6mm? bolt head is what should be used on the door arm support as that is what my truck has.
That flat head screw looks to be a trim screw for maybe the sill?
How long is it as I think it could be for the dash bezels too.
Dave ----

That's actually factory. Last time I was at the jy I looked at at least 10 trucks and they all had the trim screw on the passenger side but the hex on the driver. Strange.

kramttocs wrote

That's actually factory. Last time I was at the jy I looked at at least 10 trucks and they all had the trim screw on the passenger side but the hex on the driver. Strange.

Yea this is kind of weird. I wonder if it had to do with any clearance for extras that were only on one door?

TheScatch wrote

kramttocs wrote

That's actually factory. Last time I was at the jy I looked at at least 10 trucks and they all had the trim screw on the passenger side but the hex on the driver. Strange.

Yea this is kind of weird. I wonder if it had to do with any clearance for extras that were only on one door?

 Probably who had what on the assembly line?

That's my thought also - they had a surplus of the trim screws perhaps so one side of the line got a bucket of those?

kramttocs wrote

That's my thought also - they had a surplus of the trim screws perhaps so one side of the line got a bucket of those?

Possibly... What assembly line was yours built on and when?