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This is what works for me, and, boy, is it cheap and quick! Round or square toothpicks! Just jam them in slowly and carefully. They come in many different sizes, just look around. Top it off with quick dry epoxy, CA, what have you, just make sure it's quick dry. This forms a substitute for a screw head. Easy to remove too, and you don't need special tools. If the hole is too big, you can do the plastic tube routine first, or do what i do and use 2 picks side by side. Cut the points as needed to get a workable length. The only disadvantage i can see is that if the car needs more weight, metal screws would help incrementally. Sometimes domestic stuff that's right under your nose is easier and faster to work with, than wasting time and gas getting to an LHS for some tiny contraption which may not be in stock anyway. Thin wood dowels might work better, but i don't have any on hand. HOWEVER, i AM looking for one kind of tiny contraption, and that is a series of different sizes of washers that will fit all the different size depressions around the hole in all the different brands of trucks. It's not easy getting the right height. I mean TINY washers. Accumates seem to give me the most height problems. I'll have to check out the hob-its, but something tells me i may have to scrounge around electronics outlets.
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