Date:         Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:20:22 +0000
Reply-To:     rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Todd Last <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Gas cap ideas
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>

Interesting, I live near Portland and have yet had one attendant have problems with the gas cap.
I guess this problem may be geographically dependent.

BTW - If you ever want to have fun in Oregon, drive a car with an out of state plate into a gas station, and make moves like you are going to pump your own gas. It is funny how paniced the attendants get.

Trivia: New Jersey and Oregon are the only states with laws forbidding customers to pump their own gas.
Interestingly, if you have a motorcycle, in Oregon you can pump your own gas - once the attendant hands you the nozzle.


IMHO, its all about trying to add employment and has nothing to do with saftey.


Todd
'88 Westy.



 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
> I live right near Oregon, where it's a law that your gas must be added only
> by the station attendant.  So, explaining or showing how to close the gas
> cap became kinda tedious, given that many station attendants are a bit
> mechanically challenged, or perhaps they aren't really concentrating (for
> minimum wage, who does?)
>   My fix was to use a black zip tie, drilled into the gas cap's rim and
> through the body work.  Then I took one of those parts marking paint
> pens..(handy little gadgets) and made some arrows on the cap and on the body
> work..When the attendant gets the key, he/she inserts it and sees the
> surmarks, or arrows lined up, and usually has no problem remembering how to
> duplicate that alignment when closing the cap.  The wire tie keeps the cap
> and key attached to the van at all times..No more "left on the pump" gas
> caps.
>   Be very careful when you make a hole for the zip tie.  Gas fumes do
> explode with a spark..
> Don Hanson