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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
>