I got mine from JC Whitney for about $40. It was on a BugPack blister-pack
card, so other VW vendors should be able to get it no problem.

TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://www.relitech.com/tomc
http://volksweb.relitech.com
85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
65 Notchback

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary [SMTP:glee@ultralink.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 11:48 PM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      VW 381/14 special gearbox tool
>
> Has anyone bought a VW 381/14 lately?  Where did you get it and how much
> did
> you pay?  I will start looking for one on monday and thought someone on
> the
> list could save me some time.
> This is the tool to remove the large thin round pinion nut. (Bentley calls
> it a "retaining ring", - at the pinion behind the differential) in VW
> gearboxes.  It is used for vanagons and I think old air cooled vehicles.
> Anybody have one for sale?
>
> Gary