> Some good advice after my favorite tool purchase of last year:
> The helicoil kits are kinda pricey, mostly due to the cost of the
single
> size-specific tap.  Go out and buy yourself an entire tap and die
kit from
> sears, etc. Buy the largest metric kit you can afford, but $75 gets
you a
> decent start.

this is no joke ... really really good advice. you don't think you'll
use them when you do not have them, but once you get the set, you
start using them ALL the time. :) my set is so old the plastic case is
falling apart, but it's paid for itself hundreds of times during the
last 20 years. :)

unca joel