I fuel in Oregon (Wa. adds a tax) where the law requires gas to be actually
pumped by the "attendants" ..... They are often stumped by my 84 gas cap,
and how simple it is...."Where's the trick?" I hear often.....when there is
nothing at all ...turn key take off cap...put cap back and turn key the
other way...

On Aug 16, 2016 6:34 PM, "Edward V Barger" <edvbarger@mac.com> wrote:

> 49 Caddys had gas filler under drivers side tail light you pushed the
> round reflector to open it
>
> As a kid I enjoyed showing stumped gas station attendants where it was
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 16, 2016, at 6:09 PM, Scott <SCOTTDANIEL@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Re whether or not it's a hidden feature ..
> > For Europeans ..probably not.
> >
> > for American driver's ...when no car, even thousands of impot4ed VW's,
> > had a turn signal switch that became a parking light switch for one side
> > of the car., and only After the engine shut off.
> >
> > just not logical for American driver's ..it's 'too german'.
> >
> > I'll see if I can think of any hidden features in American cars..
> >
> > well here's one ..my first car, a 1956 Chevy ..
> > the gas cap is behind the left tail light ..
> > part of the tail light area .. a piece of metal, is a lever sort of, to
> > twist, and the entire light assembly flips down to reveal the filler
> > neck and gas cap.
> >
> > but in lighting controls...can't think of one yet.
> >
> > What you grow up with and get used to I suppose.
> > On that same car the interior light could be turned on by twisting the
> > pull-on, push off  main light swtich.
> >
> > so to be fair ..
> > here's a BRILLIANT piece of german engineering..
> >
> > how the camshaft sprocket is mounted to the camshaft on a diesel vanagon
> > and many of those 1.6 and 1.9 diesesl engines.
> > the sprocket sits on a wide taper on the cam shaft.
> > No indexing key is used ( altho ..there is a notch for one in the
> > camshaft..confusing things, making people think a key might be missing
> > there. )
> >
> > the sprocket is secured by one bolt.
> > Since the taper is so wide, the sprocket easily jumps off the camshaft
> > with one tap of a hammer after the bolt is removed ..very slick.
> >
> > additionally ...with no splines or a key ..the sprocket fits on the cam
> > anywhere..
> > which means it can be priscely indexed to the camshaft in any position
> > to accommodate slight changes in timing belt length due to stretch over
> > time.  Very nice !
> >
> > Absolutely THE Best cam sprocket mounting sytem system in any type or
> > brand of car I have ever seen,
> > and I've pretty much worked on all of them.
> >
> >> On 08/16/2016 06:56 AM, KI4TLF wrote:
> >> Even now a lot are made that way.   In most German small towns, the
> streets were made for wagons and the parking is half on the road in front
> of residences.  It leaves a tight one lane down the middle at night.  Most
> of these smaller towns don't have street lights either, so the left side
> parking lights act as guides for the open lane.
> >>
> >> GregM
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Roy Nicholl
> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 6:42 AM
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Subject: Re: German Engineering
> >>
> >> It’s not a hidden feature, any more than turn signals or daytime
> running lights … it is just outside the normal North American experience.
> If you lived in Europe at the time these vehicles were manufactured, it was
> an expected behaviour.
> >>
> >>> On 16-Aug-2016, at 03:19, Scott <SCOTTDANIEL@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> there is no question about the purpose of this feature.
> >>>
> >>> my criticsim is about how it's a hidden feature ..
> >>> and one could return to a car with depleted battery, not realizing the
> >>> turn signal switch of some porsche cars has this hidden feature.
> >>>
> >>> I'm glad to have small parking lights on one side or the other..
> >>> WHEN I TELL THEM to be on, such as my Mercedes has.
> >>>
> >>>> On 08/15/2016 03:23 PM, Edward Maglott wrote:
> >>>> it's for parking on the side of a road or street where your car may
> >>>> be sticking out into the travel lane a little.  it illuminates the
> >>>> front and rear marker lights dimly on that side so other drivers will
> >>>> see the car at night.
> >>>> Edward  (had a 914 once with this confusing feature)
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 8:27 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> And what feature is this?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On
> >>>>> Behalf Of Dan N
> >>>>> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 9:22 AM
> >>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >>>>> Subject: Re: German Engineering
> >>>>>
> >>>>> French cars have that feature too...
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