Now I want to start servicing my Mondeo myself.
I've decided if I download the schedule off etis I can make notes on it, sight & date it and staple all the reciepts for the parts to it. That way I feel less guilty by not keeping the service history upto date!

Thing is in the past I've had a sump bolt have to be drilled out and a caliper bolt that stripped a thread.
Thing is if I had the right taps and repair kits to hand I wouldn't have had half the hassle I did.

I'm wondering if I should keep some Taps and Helicoils/Timeserts to hand in the garage just incase.

Do any of you do it?

 

I tend to buy that kind of stuff as an when needed and cars being car you build up a good collection of taps dies an coily kits soon enough !

 

I've got a full sump thread repair kit from sealey and a set of helicoils 8mm - 12mm in my garage
Always be prepared

 

start off with a good set of drill bits and a big tap and die set. that way you can always drill out and re-tap or go up to the next size. not expensive and will always make their money back in a year or so in saved fuel getting them when you need one by one.

 

We have a time cert kit at work and 4 different time cert sump repair kits , we won't use any other type of thread repair, but damn there expensive

 

a bit pointless buying it if its only for a reasonably new car, a car which realistically will be serviced once, maybe twice a year.

its a different case if you are working on older cars every weekend, where seized nuts and bolts are a common occurrence.

 

Decent drill bit and taps to hand and a impact driver is also better that brut force to remove some stuff