head bolt socket?

[Michael Guidotti]

I am in the process I pulling the head off my 5KTQ and what you need is something called a triple square wrench 12mm in size. I purchased mine at NAPA for 7$ and it was the only place I have seen that has them. I believe that snap on makes them also but NAPA was close and open saturday night when I needed it. I have heard of people using a standard hex "allen" head wrench as the bolts are a very hard steel and do not strip easily. but for 7$ I was not willing to take that chance. 

good luck!

Mike Guidotti
87 5KTQ (headless)
88 VW GTI 16v 

>>> Calvin Krug <ckrug at laf.cioe.com> 04/29/01 05:33PM >>>
It looks like I'll be changing the head gasket on my '89 200 pretty 
soon, so I just pulled the valve cover to see what kind of heads the 
bolts have. I assumed they were something odd, and I was right. 
Looks kind of like a Torx socket head, only with 12 points instead of 
6.  Anyone know what size these are, and where to buy the socket? 
Thanks.

Calvin Krug