Date:         Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:36:14 -0500
Reply-To:     Danny Bean <dannybean@ME.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Danny Bean <dannybean@ME.COM>
Subject:      Re: locking gas cap
Comments: To: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <F4EB63BD-4FFE-477D-9124-1C90AA8035E0@comcast.net>
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My 87 has two keys one for the ignition and all other locks except for the sliding door and gas cap which use one other key. Both keys are original VW keys. I've been thinking about buying a non-locking one in fear that one day I wont be able to unlock mine.


On Sep 16, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Tom Buese wrote:

> My 84 separate gas cap key has an  A110 on it & is different than the
> top 1/2 of my ignition key.
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-to key or not to key, that is the question?
>
> On Sep 16, 2010, at 9:40 AM, Sudhir Desai wrote:
>
>> Both my '84s used the top-half of the ignition key (as a separate key)
>> for the gas cap.
>>
>>
>> Sudhir
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:23, Tom Rowsell <86westy@geoexploits.org>
>> wrote:
>>> ...my '86 has a separate gas key, with "A108" etched on it.
>>> Ignition key
>>> does not fit...
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:52 AM, The Bus Depot
>>> <vanagon@busdepot.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>> FWIW, when I bought my '91 2WD new from the dealer it came
>>>>> with an ignition key, a glovebox key and the short gas cap
>>>>> key. The ignition key does not unlock the gas cap.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Interesting. My '87 Westy, with 48k original miles, has the same
>>>> key for
>>>> the
>>>> ignition and gas cap. So did my '89. However currently available
>>>> (OEM
>>>> German) replacement 2WD gas caps come with a small key as on your
>>>> '91.
>>>> Maybe
>>>> VW changed it late in the model's life cycle?
>>>>
>>>> - Ron Salmon
>>>> The Bus Depot, Inc.
>>>> www.busdepot.com
>>>> (215)  234-VWVW
>>>>
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>>>