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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Good point.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>If you buy kits, you wind up with duplicate tools.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The taps/dies that one buys individually tend to be better and to cost more too. But, you only buy the sizes that you need…….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Likewise, the tools that come in the kits aren’t that great either….You get what you pay for. I was looking for some the other day; some kits on eBay looked like they’d break before you took them out of the box. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob Spidell<br><b>Sent:</b> 17 January 2018 01:28<br><b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Thread Restorer Set<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>I'd go for the SAE/Metric set and buy BSF taps/dies as needed. IIRC, I only needed one BSF tap on our BN2 (think it was the exhaust manifold->downpipe studs, and I had to install inserts, but not sure). Either way, British Tools and Fasteners should have what you need:<o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="https://britishfasteners.com">https://britishfasteners.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p>Bob<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 1/16/2018 12:02 PM, Michael MacLean wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>I have found a good deal on a SAE/Metric thread restorer set. Just wondering if I should look for a BSF set for my BN2. would the SAE set be OK to use for most of the fine thread fasteners on my car? <o:p></o:p></p><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1516132922426"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Mike MacLean<o:p></o:p></p></div><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>