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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: Wrenchmensch on July 21, 2013, 04:21:22 PM

Title: Small DOE Volkswagen Wrench
Post by: Wrenchmensch on July 21, 2013, 04:21:22 PM

I went hunting in the Mid-Atlantic summer heat last Friday.  I found a small (4 7/8 inches long) DOE metrically-sized (10 & 13 mm) Volkswagen wrench. My 1966 VW Beetle didn't have any wrenches like this as I recall it, but that was a pretty cheap car. Anybody know if this wrench was supplied with some other VW?

Also, what does the DIN number signify on German wrenches?

Title: Re: Small DOE Volkswagen Wrench
Post by: rusty on July 21, 2013, 06:56:52 PM

DIN is a registration mark for a German industrial standards (for the shape/functional design of the wrench in this case)
Not quite an acronym, from German words Deutsche Industrienorm   (roughly) German INdustrial-standard

VW isn't the only one that used 10/13mm as I recall, but I forget what else (Porsche?)
Walters was a good tool tho

Title: Re: Small DOE Volkswagen Wrench
Post by: Branson on July 22, 2013, 08:03:57 AM

Looks like the one that came with my '69 VW.

Title: Re: Small DOE Volkswagen Wrench
Post by: Wrenchmensch on July 23, 2013, 09:52:44 AM

Thanks guys!

Title: Re: Small DOE Volkswagen Wrench
Post by: keykeeper on July 23, 2013, 09:56:40 AM

There are several makers of wrenches like this, with the same pattern. Most all are marked DIN 895. Some names marked are  Hazet, Walter, and Heyco. Some are unmarked, other than the size and the DIN mark.

I have a pile of these I have collected up. I need to get them all out and look at them.

Some are worth good money to collectors looking to complete OEM sets of tools for VW, Porsche, Mercedes, etc.

Title: Re: Small DOE Volkswagen Wrench
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on July 23, 2013, 12:05:44 PM

DIN was the German version of SAE.