Thanks for that.
Yep. I took a chance and moved the holes up and inch and redrilled. Blew the junk out of the holes, put a little beeswax on the threads, and was able to hand screw them in this time. Amazing how easy it was when I realized I needed a #3 PH bit instead of an #2 and it wasn’t...
I’m moving a hanger to use for my Echo gas trimmer now and am not sure whether to use the #12x2” pan head (sheet metal it looks like) screws the thing came with? I’ve mounted this bracket 3-4 times over the years with the same screws, but never had anything heavy, expensive, and full of fuel...