You can buy the 17mm socket from list vendors or local FLAPS for around 5 bucks.
Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: "J Stewart" <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: trans fluid

> >Also, how much is needed?<
>
> >I think for a 4 speed MT tranny you'll need to buy 4 quarts. It says either 3.2
> or 3.4 in Bentley, I don't recall which (but it also depends on how much you get
> out initially). I did this a few months ago and it helps a TON to buy one of
> those little trans-fill pumps for $7 that sit inside the container and allows
> you to pump it in through a tube....oh...looks like you have the tranny out -
> even easier, just dump it in, sorry for not reading thoroughly.<
>
> You will need 4 quarts, although you won't use too much out of the 4th quart. I
can't see how you'd do it without the pump adaptor (as expensive as MT-90 is, I didn't
want it all over the driveway) . I bought the 17mm fill plug wrench from NAPA, found
it too big to get in there to remove either the drain plug or the fill plug, had to
cut about 1 inch off of it and put that in a 17mm box end wrench and it worked like a
champ. Another bit of advice I had gotten-make damn sure you can get the fill plug out
before removing the drain plug. Bentley does mention a lower fill level, something
about hard shifting if filled all the way to the edge. I used the MT-90, and my trans
shifts very smoothly now, well worth the money, IMHO.     Jeff
>