Wil,
In my days as a poverty-stricken college student, I found a bolt with a head
of the same size. Placed said bolt head in halfway and used a crescent
wrench on the protruding other half. Proper knuckle protection is optional.

Ken Lewis
http://neksiwel.20m.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wil Haslup" <whaslup@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 6:43 PM
Subject: [VANAGON] gear oil fill bolt in tranny?

> In the course of my recent investigations I thought I should check the
> gear oil level in my manual transmission.  After finding the fill I
> noted it requires a large six point allen wrench....probably 12-14mm.
>
> Does anyone know the precise size of this beast?  I've got to buy one
> and have no way of sizing it for purchase.
>
>
> --
>
> Wil
>
> "Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to
> point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very
> fast. People living at point C, being a point directly in between, are
> often given to wonder what's so great about point A that so many people
> from point B are so keen to get there and what's so great about point B
> that so many people from point A are so keen to get THERE. They often
> wish that people would just once and for all work out where the hell
> they wanted to be."
> -- Douglas Adams
>
>