anyone know the part number on those inserts for the screws?Here's the original expansion nuts vs the license plate nuts. They need to poke through more than one layer on the back side so I found these unusual ones that are longer than most. I can't find a link for them on the Ace hardware site. They were in the loose hardware drawers, and they were labeled as being for Lincoln.
They are only inserted into nothing but soft plastic panels, no metal. Those 2 little wings in the corners pull right through and bugger up the corners on the way. You could put the originals back in rotated 90 degrees to get two fresh corners and one more use. But I just hate everything about the way those work so the other style that grabs all 4 flat sides instead of 2 corner tips is just 100 times more solid.
The screws and washers I happened to get somewhere else from Lowes but I'm pretty sure you could get everything from the same place.
And since the new screws are just philips pan head, I didn't pollute the truck with one fastener than needs a non-metric socket. haha (we will just ignore about JIS vs Philips).
I think the nuts were technically meant for #12 screws but #14 still works and bites in more solid without stripping out so easy.
It's cold and super windy outside or else I'd just be fixing the thing instead of writing all these posts about it.
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