Dash Cap Stud Size

Because enquiring minds want to know.
After the winter storms passed I had my fence, which had blown down, replaced. When they (the fence people) cleaned up my side yard, as a gesture of good will, they throughout my dash cap :BangHead: (you don't want to know). Long story short, I bought a new one. Of course the new one did not have the capture nuts, hence the story.

So two days and many hours later here is what I have found. The studs are 10-24. Good luck in finding 10-24 anything. I did find however the cap is held in place with Pal nuts. Most human beings I find do not know what a Pal nut is, particularly the hardware store folks.

I found Pal nuts on line for as much as $5.00 a piece plus shipping and for as little as $0.50 plus shipping, minimum shipping of $10.00.

As a last gasp resort I went to the somewhat local NAPA dealer and found NAPA-Belcamp part number 665-3117, 32 pieces which will fit the 10-24 stud. I also found that Fastenal sells 10-24 Pal nuts, 100 per package, for $19.95. Now I suppose I could re-sell the remaining 95 Pal nuts on line and recover my cost (plus shipping of course) but my heart just isn't in it.

So there you are, a piece of somewhat useful information, or trivia. Hope this is of some use to somebody. Oh, by the way, I have 26 unused Pal nuts, should anyone need one,