Thanks good to know.  I'll grab one next time I visit a junkyard.  I have the keyed one but it is a bit stiff to turn and I don't see the point in locking up $40 worth of gas anyway.

--- On Sat, 2/19/11, Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM> wrote:

> From: Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
> Subject: Non-locking gas cap
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Saturday, February 19, 2011, 2:30 PM
> FYI. The non-locking gas cap from
> various VW Golf/Rabbit models, p/n
> 172201551B, fits my '81 Vanagon just fine. I suspect it
> will work with
> later years, too. So, if you misplace your gas cap, or want
> a
> non-locking one, that's something to look for. They're
> still seem to be
> available from various places, unlike the original
> non-locking Vanagon
> one.
>
> I discovered this while picking up some bargains at
> rockauto.com. They
> had a Stant 11808 "fuel pump cap" listed on "wholesaler
> closeout" for
> $3.41. I figured that might be a weird description for a
> gas cap, and I
> was right. The Stant cap was actually the VW OEM one
> mentioned above,
> in Stant packaging. Stant probably made them for VW (marked
> Made in the
> USA!), because the Westmoreland plant was making Rabbits at
> the time.
>
> It looks like they still have at least 1, if you do a part
> number
> search for 11808. Down to $3.39 now.
>