EXHAUST SYSTEM HEAT SHIELD RETAINING SCREWS

EARLY PRODUCTION 1982 'F' SERIES VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE HEAT SHIELD OR CATALYTIC CONVERTER SHIELD RETAINING SCREW BREAKAGE. THE EARLY PRODUCTION SCREWS ARE ZINC COATED AND ARE BRIGHT METALLIC COLORED IN APPEARANCE. ANY BROKEN SCREWS ENCOUNTERED SHOULD BE REPLACED BY PART NUMBER 11505810 SCREW WHICH IS PHOSPHATE COATED AND IS DULL BLACK IN APPEARANCE. PRODUCTION WILL USE THE PART NUMBER 11505810 SCREW. IN MOST CASES, ANY BROKEN SCREW CAN BE GRIPPED WITH VISE GRIPS, OR CHANNEL LOCKS, AND REMOVED. IF IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GRIP THE SCREW, IT CAN BE PUNCHED THROUGH AND THEN AN OVERSIZED SCREW (PART NUMBER 11501118) MUST BE USED.

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