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M18 x 1.5mm Tap Help
r1_pete - 25/10/14 at 01:02 PM

Hi, Does anyone in the Sheffield / Rotherham / Chesterfield area have an M18 x 1.5 tap I could borrow?

I just welded the lambda bosses into my headers, and the thread in one has distorted. Not looking to take it away, I can just bring the headers run a tap down them, and buy you a beer.....

Cheers.

Pete.


indykid - 26/10/14 at 12:45 PM

I would have thought Martin Keenan should be able to help if nobody else local, but I have a tap in Thornhill you can borrow if you want a run up the M1 (currently in my drawer at work but will be home as of tomorrow afternoon)


owelly - 26/10/14 at 12:55 PM

...or make your own thread cleaner out of an old spark plug? Snap the porcelain off and cut a couple of grooves down the length of the thread with a hacksaw. Just don't use to much force and snap it off in the hole!!


r1_pete - 26/10/14 at 04:55 PM

Thanks guys, I found a cheapie on ebay for a fiver, which I hope will do the job before it fails....