96 Ranger Supercab 3.0 AT

Can someone tell me what this part is? I found it on the floorboard in front of the driver's seat. I assumed it came from the seat but don't see where anything's missing under there. Local dealer is no help.

 

Possibly one of the seat bolts, but I'm not an expert.

 

drive it till she breaks, thats the only way to tell, ive completely stripped the interior of my rang several times and never encountered this thing, ill look really fast for you

 

just to be sure, take a look under your dash by brake and gas petaland with a flashlight just take a gander to see what you can, any blatant missing sections?

 

The outer part was a resistance-welded threaded "nut" and the inside is the remnants of a broken off bolt. Judging from the ruler, it was probably 5/16" or 8mm diameter. Find the steel piece with the three matching weld marks and that's where it came from.

 

thanks for you replies....no luck yet in finding where it came from.