Tap & DIE

[Tr3aguy]

Anyone know of a good place to pick up a tap and die to kit to fit all the british threads that I am going to have to clean during my rebuild??
Working on a TR3

 

[TR3driver]

I don't think there is such a thing as a single kit. British Tool or someone like that will sell you a set of BA taps & dies, but even that plus a SAE set won't cover everything. For example, the instrument mounting studs appear to be two oddball metric sizes that I've never found in a set. Ditto the OD lockout switches (if you have OD). Only way I've found to buy those is to get the individual taps & dies (or live without, of course).

 

[martx-5]

I just bought individual taps & dies from British Fasteners. 2BA and 4BA was the most common uncommon threads I ran across in the resto of my TR3. My instrument threads were fine, so I don't know what size they are. There are charts on that site that explain all of the different types British fasteners and their sizes.

 

[TR3driver]

The tach & speedo mounting studs on my pre-60K cars are M5x0.75 (they may have changed on later cars). I found a tap & die at MSC

OD isolator switches are M16x2. My local tool store had a tap on the shelf.

Sorry, I forget offhand what size the smaller gauges are. But I do know that trying to run a BA die up the threads will make a mess!

 

[Tr3aguy]

Thanks for all the replies...gives me a direction to head in

 

[TR3driver]

I forgot to mention, you may not have to have any of the unusual size taps & dies at all. There aren't all that many of them; judicious application of a wire brush will usually clean up external threads (bolts), and the nuts are usually OK inside (since they are full of bolt).

I use the Whitworth wrench set much more often than the BA taps & dies.

 

[AweMan]

Bore brushes work great for cleaning internal threads !

 

[TR3driver]

Dang, Kerry, I was just thinking I hadn't seen any posts from you recently, and here you are! If you feel like it, there is someone asking for help selecting a welding method at https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcforum/ubbthreads.php/topics/852762#Post852762

 

[Bayless]

Good to see you back AweMan. It's been too long.

 

[AweMan]

I suppose I do owe some of you an explanation as to why I have been M.I.A. for a while. Some already know but to the others here goes I didn`t/don`t want a big hoopla or fanfare hence my reluctance in posting this. Three years ago I received a prostate cancer diagnosis Gleason score 8, nearly as bad aggressive wise as it gets.tow summers ago I had cryosurgery {they go in and freeze the tumor/s} it was ineffective at best Didnt work. last summer I went through a series of 40 radiation treatments. And started a regimen of hormone treatments {reduces the testosterone level} I have a C.T. scan every six months hoping and praying it doesn`t spread to my bones .... so far so good but ..... thats not all! last summer I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure last fall I had a defibrillator implanted, this spring they decided I needed a pacemaker so out with the defibrillator in with a defibrillator/pacemaker implant .YES it worked wonders I feel quite a bit of benefit from the new device.
On top of everything else being a former welder and all you might have guessed it yea C.O.P.D. to boot!

There is quite a bit more to this saga but what I have said is the general jest of things
Remember .... not looking for pity or fanfare I just thought I owed some of you an explanation as to why i`m not around as much


spelling/punctuation and grammar errors may be attributed to chemical interference { I have enough for both hands hahahahaha}

 

[JPSmit]

Glad you're back Kerry, both because it beats the alternative and because it's good to hear(?) your voice again. Quite a saga indeed! and in the midst of it all the phrase "worked wonders" stands out. Praying for you and asking for continued "wonders" in your life.

 

[TR3driver]

Indeed, I'm glad you're back with us for a spell.

Hopefully Basil won't mind if I share a non-LBC cartoon with y'all:

 

[Bayless]

So sorry to hear you have had such an ordeal but it sounds like things may be looking up a bit. You'll be in my prayers too.

 

[JPSmit]

Indeed, I'm glad you're back with us for a spell.

Hopefully Basil won't mind if I share a non-LBC cartoon with y'all:

amen to that

 

[DrEntropy]

Keep pluggin' Kerry.

This "gettin' older" *<span style="font-style: italic">stuff</span>* ain't fer th' faint-o-heart! :wink:

 

[SilentUnicorn]

Indeed, I'm glad you're back with us for a spell.

Hopefully Basil won't mind if I share a non-LBC cartoon with y'all:

You just cost me over an hour looking up old Pogo strips and Walt Kelly. Thanks for the trip thru Time.


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