in the kit, i remember that there was a rubber tubelike washer/insulator. kinda sounded like the part you were describing
As for the horizontal track, I didnt remove the front philips head bolt- just the rear bolt. I also removed the vertical track bolts for the front and rear tracks.
The front vertical track used a allen headed bolt for the top bolt. The rear vertical track used a hex head that was (I think) the same size (but a different shape)than the hex head bolt that hold the rear of the horizontal track to the glass.
It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
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