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I have a 65 chevy c10. I am in the process of repainting it inside and out. THe previous owner was working on the door panel on the passengers side and drilled all the screws holding the door panel on. The only thing I could do was finish the drilling until I could remove the door panel. Then I had to knock out the square nut that was in the door because the screws was in them and I could not remove them. How can I replace the nuts. I tried to weld in some new one but that did not work I was getting weld splater all over the inside of the door where I am doing body work. Do they make a replacement nut for the door panel?

i dont know if you can get what we use in the uk
but ther,s a type of rivit with a thread inside called ,,rivinut,,

it may do the job for you i,v used them on buses and the like for fitting panels where you cant get to the back of to hold a nut or where you cant or darn,t weld

an internet search may come up with some for you

Id check w/Brothers truck parts. They have some door clips, not sure if they carry the 65 or not

I welded up the hole, redrilled and installed a thread insert.

GOOGLE "Fasteners" or "spring nut"

See if your local NAPA carries spring nuts.

Google "jo-bolt" "las aerospace"

they make an aluminum nut, has a flange which fits in the hole you put them in the hole and tighten them down and the flange bends over capturing it in place.

or get some flange nuts and glue them to the inside using polyeurathane adhesive. even flat plate with threaded holes will do just don't get poly in threads!

Thanks for all the good ideas

Check Harbor Freight for a kit called a "Riv-nut" setter. It's a tool similar to a pop riveter, but it permanently installs a threaded sleeve in all the common machine screw sizes. I've used it many times during race car construction where we needed to install a removable panel for access to something like a hidden Nitrous Oxide bottle!
Jerry

HEY I USE THE PLASTIC LICENSE PLATE BOLT CLIPS THAT GO INTO THE BUMPER!

Here's a homemade rivnut setter.
http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10746
This might be the quick and dirty way to go.
clipnuts

Any hardware store will have these kicking around