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Old 12-12-2014, 05:52 PM   #1
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drip rail screw size

anyone know what the screw size is for the drip rail above the door?
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Old 12-12-2014, 06:00 PM   #2
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Re: drip rail screw size

They vary by year.

I think most of the early ones were a #8 screw with a 1/4" hex head. I've seen a few with phillips heads but I don't know if those were original or not.

Sometime in the later 70's they changed to metric screws ... I think those are M4.2 with a 7mm hex head.
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Old 12-12-2014, 09:36 PM   #3
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Re: drip rail screw size

Early ones 73 to maybe 75 Phillips. After that hex. The Phillips was a dealer add on I think
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Old 12-12-2014, 09:56 PM   #4
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Re: drip rail screw size

My 88 is a 5.5 mm
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Old 12-12-2014, 10:25 PM   #5
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Re: drip rail screw size

I don't remember what size they are, but I had kind of a hard time finding them when I put my truck back together. It seemed like every screw I found that was short enough to work was too small in diameter for the holes. Finally, I found some in stainless that fit perfectly at a local hardware store.
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