Date:         Sun, 17 Oct 2004 09:36:59 -0400
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: stupid gas cap !!!!!! ( I need help please )
Comments: cc: Lucas Thompson <Lucas.Thompson@WATCHGUARD.COM>
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> I always hated the vanagon gas cap. I finally went into a
> junkyard and looked around and found that a style of mid-90s
> BMW gas cap style fits perfectly, is built better, matches
> the van better than the original, and has no lock.
>
> Search for a 1995 BMW 540i cap at an online auto parts store,
> they are about $15. I think they probably fit other
> years/models too so any junkyard ought to have a few.


Interesting. I ordered a few of these from my suppliers, in different
brands, both locking and nonlocking. While I sell a German replacement
locking gas cap for only $15, I'm certainly not adverse to selling a better
or alternative product. But the caps I received have a much, much smaller
outside diameter than a Vanagon gas cap, and while they do latch on, they
look somewhat odd to me on the Vanagon - like they're too small. Is this
what you are using?

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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