Re: 97 Gas Door

[Khan Klatt <khan@tv.mediaaccess.com>]

Cabell (and others)...

My original post to this list was in September of 97.

Read it here:

<http://www.igtc.com/archives/jettaglx/1997/Sep/msg00161.html>

Also, some follow-up on the discussion from Aug 98:

> There's only one caveat-- it turns out some of the newer Jetta A3
> bodies may not have the proper mounting brackets built into the body
> of the car-- if so, you'll have to find some mechanism to mount the
> locking pin to the side of the car. You should investigate what the
> mounting brackets look like in a car that has them, and see if your car
> has it too. (The way I would do this is go to your local wrecking yard,
> and see if they'll let you poke around in the trunk of an older A3 Jetta
> for a while)


Hope that helps...

-Khan



On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 Cabell_T_Treadway@res.raytheon.com wrote:

> Khan-
> 
> Could you send me offlist or post any info on adding the locking feature to
> the gas door on a '97 GLX?  A couple weeks ago I filled up the tank and
> there was no gas cap.  There's an outside possibility that I forgot to put
> it back on, but since I always hang the cap on the door, it would have been
> hard to close the flap with the cap still hooked there.  The new cap wasn't
> expensive from the dealer (imagine that!) but I'd rather not replace it
> anymore.
> 
> Thanks,
> Cab
> 97 GLX
> 72 Bug
> 
> >The 97 is one of the easiest
> <to do the gas door mod on, but then again, you might not care about
> >that...
> 
> >- -Khan
> 
> 
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