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Subject:Re: What other gas caps will fot my '82 diesel?
From:The Bus Depot
Date:Wed, 27 Dec 2000 08:22:37 -0500

> There use to be an after market cap but they no longer make it
> so I've obtained a licking cap from a junk vanagon.

Well, there's a Vanagon accessory I don't carry!  How does it work - do you
lick the cap, or does it do the licking? :-)

> Drive the pin out of the end of the spud in the cap and
> remove the casing.  Stick your key into the cap and
> turn it, since your key is different not all the pins will drop,
> but you now take a file and file off the pins that remain up...

Just a note for those who don't want to go to the trouble that I do have
new, German made locking gas caps for $14.95.  (The non-locking ones are
discontinued, although you may want to try the VW dealer if funds are
unlimited. :-)

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
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