I was afraid to drive home but I drove slowly through the parking lot…. nothing dropped out.
It must be in the bumper!!

I was also worried about the coolant — driving the 6 miles from Laguna to Newport.
But it was cool and raining and no coolant was lost into the rag I wedged in there.

I feel less dumb now. 
Ordered the replacement cap and hope to have a spare for the next butter-finger incident.

[Glad it wasn’t the oil cap!!]

Thanks everyone I feel better.

-JennRabb

On Jan 9, 2018, at 6:01 PM, <stuartmacm@gmail.com> <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:

It's in the bumper. Might be more trouble than it's worth to get out, or
could have worked it's way out by now. Get a spare here while you are at it:
http://www.gowesty.com/product/fluid-tanks-reservoirs/3602/cap-for-coolant-o
verflow-reservoir-?v=

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jennifer Rabbitt
Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 5:21 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Lost coolant cap?

Has anyone ever dropped their coolant cap behind the license plate?

My hands were slippery in the rain and it dropped behind and just
DISAPPEARED.

I felt like a dope, but it was actually not very hard to do.

Tell me I am not the only one?

Jennifer Rabbitt 
90 TinTop AKA the VeuveBus