Rocky Mountain Motorworks www.motorworks.com has the correct tools, but they
are expensive.  I think the pliers for grabbing the shims are the same for
all diesels, but the valve depressor "hook" is unique to the diesel Vanagon
and runs $60-70.

Mike Snow
Camp Pendleton, California
1982 Westfalia 1.6TD
1983 ASI 1.6D

Anyone got any suggestions as to where to get necessary tools, at a
reasonable price i.e. not snap-on!,  for adjusting valve clearance - I think
there's one tool to depress the lifter and another to remove & replace
shims...Also, any good sources for a 'variety' of shims...

Anyone got the tools, no longer use them,  and want to sell them?

Steve