Fuel Door Cable

Rhod · 12-25-2004, 04:07 AM

Hey. Bought a nice 1984 Supra w/80K for my son at Fort Bragg. Having trouble with the fuel door cable...it seems to be stretched. Opening the fuel door is troublesome, particularly in snowy, cold weather here in New England. Is there a manual way to open the fuel door? Thanks.

suprra_girl · 12-28-2004, 12:35 PM

hey

is the lever for the fuel cap bent? the one you pull to release it?
i don't think there is really a fix for a stretched one.. maybe you could find a mk3 one or something similar and see if you can jimmy it in there to work.. replace it.. i would think that a mk3 one would be of similar length and would most likely work identical

what part is troublesome? does it not release when you pull the lever, i would just try and trace the cable right back and see if you can find anything visible that would create this problem

let us know how you get on

12-28-2004, 12:35 PM	#2
suprra_girl 7M POWAH! ;) Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,312	hey is the lever for the fuel cap bent? the one you pull to release it? i don't think there is really a fix for a stretched one.. maybe you could find a mk3 one or something similar and see if you can jimmy it in there to work.. replace it.. i would think that a mk3 one would be of similar length and would most likely work identical what part is troublesome? does it not release when you pull the lever, i would just try and trace the cable right back and see if you can find anything visible that would create this problem let us know how you get on __________________ Please use the forum to ask your questions as they will get replied to much faster than pming me Pics of my build. "Good girls are just bad girls that don't get caught" Do a diagnostic first!

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12-25-2004, 04:07 AM	#1
Rhod Stock Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1	Hey. Bought a nice 1984 Supra w/80K for my son at Fort Bragg. Having trouble with the fuel door cable...it seems to be stretched. Opening the fuel door is troublesome, particularly in snowy, cold weather here in New England. Is there a manual way to open the fuel door? Thanks.