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Subject:Re: locking gas caps- was Gas Filler Line in your Fill Tube while driving
From:Mike S
Date:Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:47:00 -0500

At 10:04 PM 12/27/2008, Rob wrote...
>At  12/27/2008 06:35 PM,Mike S wrote:
>>At 09:24 PM 12/27/2008, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans wrote...
>>>The stock gas cap is pretty nice I think, especially if the key lock
>>>is working in it .........the key won't come out unless the cap is
>>>in
>>>the locked position - pretty clever.
>>
>>Sorry, I have the stock, non-locking cap. Works for me, but maybe
>>you're more forgetful.
>
>Non-locking is stock? The 3 Vanagon's I've owned all had the locking
>caps, none of them were bought new.

Depends on the year, I suppose. Did you have an '81? The part number
for the non-locking cap is 201 251 551 (NLA). The locking version is
revision C. No idea what A and B were.

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