Sean put together a nice list already.  One addition:

> Magnet on a stick -- a lifesaver.

Get the kind that has the mechanic's mirror on the other side.  It's
a few bucks more, but that mirror comes in handy.  Looks kinda like a
dental mirror, but with the telescoping rod (magnet on the other
end), it's great for looking in all kinds of places that my fat head
can't go (e.g. the screw hole of the sliding window latch).

-Karl
Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA
'87 GL Weekender  "Beverley"
VW shop list: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops