

| Subject: | Re: Keys |
| From: | John Rodgers |
| Date: | Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:12:46 -0600 |
Geeez, Al, Thats quite a line!!! <G> But the point is well told. - and well taken Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Al and Sue Brase wrote: > Regarding the gas cap key: > Here in the great salty midwest, locking gas caps get corroded where > they turn and this offers a great opportunity to twist off the ignition/ > door key. I have found that a 1/4" straight blade screwdriver, fully > inserted into the key slot and then turned with a channellocks (okay, > German Knipex!) pliers one time will nicely BREAK all the finely > engineered German lock wafers and render this formerly finicky POS > (that's Point Of Sale) into a practical US engineered semi-locking gas > cap that anyone can open with said straight blade screwdriver that you > now keep under the passenger seat so it is within reach whenever you gas > up and also for other emergencies if they ever arise! (Should I have > made that into more than one sentence?) > Al Brase >
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