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Re: gas-cap keys

To: Teddy Seidenfeld <teddy@stat.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: gas-cap keys
From: jon_wissler@pngc.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:33:44 -0700
The gas-cap key I have is an octoganl shaped smaller that actually says 
"Nissan Motor Co." on it.  I was thinking it said something like "Gas". 
There is a number (5775) on both the key and the lock itself.  The 
elliptical ignition key also says Nissan on it, with the word Wasco in 
smaller print underneath (made in Wasco county Oregon?).  The door, trunk, 
and jockey box key has a rounded rectangular head, and also says Nissan 
Motor Co. on it.  I locked my keys in my trunk a couple of years ago and 
the locksmith at the time said there were no longer blanks being made for 
that key but that some locksmiths had bought up the remaining supply.  He 
supposedly had some in McMinnville, Oregon (Tom Jackson's Lock and Key 
503-472-0331).  He wrote some info about blanks down on the back of his 
card which made sense at the time as to blank # and code #, but now I 
don't know what's what.  Here is what he wrote:

FH 1224 - I     WS-2
L 3080 - D

Don't know if that helps or not.  Good luck




Teddy Seidenfeld <teddy@stat.cmu.edu>
07/27/00 07:58 AM

 
        To:     jon_wissler@pngc.com
        cc: 
        Subject:        gas-cap keys

Dear John,

Thanks for the input. 

As I've learned since, you can't get the tumbler out of the gas cap to
reset it to another key.  So, if a PO had to replace the gas-cap on your
car, it would now be with a different key from the one that opens your
doors, trunk, and center console.  That would explain why you have 3 keys
now: ignition, doors/console/trunk, and gas-cap keys, and why I'm headed 
to
the same place!   However, the original set from the dealer was a 2-key
operation: ignition + everything else.

If you can kindly email me the manufacturer's name and number from you
gas-cap key, assuming it is not the original Nissan key, that might help 
me
to track down a useful key blank for duplicating my (one) gascap key.

Again, thanks for taking the trouble to help me out.

Cordially,
Teddy
69 2000
Pgh PA
OROC

 At 10:07 PM 7/26/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Just for the record, I own a 69 2000 with a locking gas cap and my gas 
cap 
>key is NOT the same key as the door, trunk and center console.  My trunk 
>and center console are a standard Nissan Blank, the ignition key is 
unique 
>and has this elliptical head to it, and the gas cap key looks like 
>something that came with a locking gas cap from Shucks.  I'm pretty sure 
>my cap is original equipment.
>
>
>--- Jon Wissler
>--- Jon_Wissler@pngc.com
>
>69 SU 2000
>White with red interior
>Soon to be screaming up the Columbia River Highway leading the NOWROC 
>charge to Larch Mountain this Sunday.
> 





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