Hard to believe anything is $4 at the Mercedes dealer.
My brother got a quote of 16K to replace the knocking motor in his S430.
Used shortblock on Ebay is $500.

Anyway, I didn't pay anything except the power needed to operate the angle
grinder that cut the head off the appropriate size bolt in my bucket of
spares.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Rocket J Squirrel
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 4:29 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Putting on tires: three hands

"And before you get all excited about the $14 dollar version of this
tool on eBay, just stop in to your Mercedes dealer where the same thing
is $4.You'll have to be able there to answer the question 12mm or 14mm
and I think VWs are 12mm."

Can anyone confirm this? I don't have any lug bolts off right now but I
think they are a bit beefier than 12mm.