Tools

[spewey at comcast.net (Spewey)]

I read the list but not very carefully and I saw you were talking about 
tools earlier and what to call them and where to get them.  The main 
places that carry jillions of official VW tools are sam's and ass's:
http://www.samstagsales.com/
http://www.asttool.com/

These websites also allow you to hit up your local Matco or Snap-on 
truck with a proper tool number.  A Hazet 990Lg-8?  That's a VW CV tool. 
  Triple square XZN.  Just ask the farmer at the feedstore when the 
truck comes by and wait.  Climb aboard and hit the guy up for your tool. 
  For something like that, they'll have an equivalent.  Some of the 
fancier stuff they may be able to get for you next time.  It's fun to 
plan ahead.  They have websites, too.  You can search for VW there:
http://www.matcotools.com/
http://www.snapon.com/

NAPA or other jobber FLAPS may be able to work from those #s as well. 
On the phone even.  But sometimes it is nice to own the proper tool. 
 From Germany.  Those toilet clamps work so sweet.  The holes on the 
tips add leverage, it just comes off.  If they made the toilets from 
space-age material with more flow they might be great.  Of course you 
can pop them off with a crowbar, but putting them on means your eyes are 
at least as close as your hands need to be and you don't want that in a 
toilet.

You do a lot of driveshafts?  Your off-the shelf Lisle socket bit got 
silver showing on the edges?  That's because the bolt gave then then the 
tool squished before it let go.  The Hazet bit may be $26 but it will 
not do this.  It will make your car zing.  I do not have one, I traded 
it for a rusty pitchfork in my cat's eye.  But they are nice.  You go 
buy them now.