A Repair Kit Most Curious

RAY: This puzzler was sent in recently by someone named Marshall Mangan.

He wrote:

While browsing through my favorite crafts and tool catolague, I came across a very strange-looking package of stick-on plastic numbers. It was a repair kit for a specific task. And it contained the following set of numerals: a 0, five 1's, two 2's, a 3, a 4, a 5, a pair of 6's, a 7 and an 8.

What are these numbers intended for?

Here's a hint: There was a puzzler from a few weeks ago and I couldn't tell you exactly what that puzzler was, but if you got that one, it might give you some insight into the solution of this one.

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