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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 | I have the grille ready to be installed on my '48 3100, but the fasteners are long gone. It looks like I need a lot of those J-clips, but I don't know what to look for. Would someone who has installed an AD grille tell me what I need? I have a grille kit, but other than the nuts and bolts needed to attach the grille bars, there are only ten J-clips and corresponding clutch head sheet metal screws. I'm guessing these are for attaching the grille assembly to the splash pan, but they seem kind of small for that. Also, how do I get to those top two bolts (or whatever) that are behind the parking lights? I don't believe the parking lights can be put in after the grille assembly is on the truck.  | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | There are many suppliers out there that should carry that hardware. My first vendor I would look to would be LMC. http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/ca/t.asp?page=38
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 | Thanks, Big Chevy 3600, but I actually have two of those hardware kits, and other than the ten J-clips mentioned above, all they contain is the grille bar mounting nuts and bolts. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 662 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 662 | | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 | It seems like you've put your truck the same way mine is going together, ChuckTheTruck - put it together, take it apart, add something, put it together, repeat, repeat, repeat....
Can you remember what the fasteners were to mount the grille assembly to the fenders, splash pan, etc? I have to buy some. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 339 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 339 | Tom R, The parking lights can be mounted last..
Just leave the lens and bezel off the lamp before
installing....It also seemed like a grill fastener
package had everything necessary to build My grill
back after having it chromed...Bill B | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 | The grill to lower splash pan bolts are #14 hex head sheet metal screws inserted into J-nuts in the splash pan. They're not included in the grill bolt kits. I believe they're 1" length and you can get the J nuts and bolts from Restoration Specialties, among others. I don't have the part # handy right now but I can find it later if you'd like. I seem to recall needing about 20 of them all together for the lower splash pan, 1 on each fender and a couple on the upper baffle. The other bolts are just 5/16" course thread hex head bolts that thread into weld nuts on grill side bars and braces.
The small J nuts and clutch head screws in the kit are for the end of the grill bars, where the inner and outer bars come together.
Bob | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 | Thanks, brjr. That's just the information I was looking for! | | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,516 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,516 | Go to a body shop supply store. They have loads of specialty fasteners,,thats where ive found all my clips,t-bolts,etc...
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