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Derwd,

The helicoil kit came with the tap, 5 coils (1/2" long each, I used 2), and the plastic tool for winding it in. I suppose you can buy the coils alone but all I found in my search were kits with the tap. I did actually find an off-brand generic "helicoil type" kit in my size at Pep Boys, but shied away, figuring if I was going to do this I didn't want to cut corners.

I have read that some kits come with the drill bit too but mine didn't. No small concern here, as the required drill bit size for my little situation was not too common. I got lucky and got the last one at Lowes, otherwise I would have been ordering that online too, with shipping and all that.

Jim