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What do bolts thread into when attaching header panel?

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Old Aug 6, 2020 | 06:51 AM
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What do bolts thread into when attaching header panel?

Hello. I am reassembling front clip of my 95 F250 and I am not sure what the bolts screw into when reinstalling header panel. My new radiator core is not threaded. Are there supposed to be j-clips there? Do they thread into nuts? Thanks!
 
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Old Aug 6, 2020 | 07:19 AM
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Hello. I am reassembling front clip of my 95 F250 and I am not sure what the bolts screw into when reinstalling header panel. My new radiator core is not threaded. Are there supposed to be j-clips there? Do they thread into nuts? Thanks!
When you say header panel, do you mean the big black plastic piece that the headlights and things attach to?
 
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Old Aug 6, 2020 | 08:42 AM
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Yup the plastic piece that the headlights go into
 
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Old Aug 6, 2020 | 11:08 AM
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You gotta pull the threaded j-clips from the old support. Or hit the U-Pull-It.
 
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chain parts stores have the j-clips, in the help section, next to the one off bolt/screw they carry.
 
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Originally Posted by torq'ta 5 8
chain parts stores have the j-clips, in the help section, next to the one off bolt/screw they carry.
I reused as many of the OEM clips as I could. They were better quality (thicker) than the parts store stuff.
 
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You may also be able to get them from Clips and Fasteners.com.
 
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