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rite guys need some help i got a weird fuel flap it opens when it wants to but when it wont open it just jumps like its sticking there was a add on here saying about fuel flaps that it could be one of the hinges broke mine seams fine. any ideas what it could be i took it to the local garage to see a mate of mine and even he didn't have a clue. he just said get a new fuel flap

normally the spring goes so they don't pop open. its gone on mine, start by not always opening, then stopped opening.

I just put something under the release handle and push the right slide of the flap and it opens.

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im doing the same at the moment putting screw driver under the leaver i tried to fix it today and everything seams fine

Same with mine, a plastic bit has snapped off it. I had to jam the Cigar lighter thing under the leaver then push the right of the flap in to refuel..... now i have lost the Cigar ligher and now use my wallet.... This i find useful as there would have been 2 occasions when i'd have fulled up and forgot my wallet.... so no wallet... not much of a chance i can open the flap

Same thing with all four of mine. after trying various bits of foam etc. I found the best way to fix it is with the spring from a wooden clothes peg. Just slide the hinge pin up as far as it will go, it can be tricky getting it past the little retainer thing at the top with only 2 hands, insert the spring & push the pin back down through it.

Awesome Heath Robinson fix!! Good man!

FANTASTIC FIX......just done mine too

i am off to find a peg...

nice one!

I've been trying to think up a fix for mine. Reaches for peg bag

Bloomin' marvelous!
Takes 5 minutes. No more using an outstretched leg while opening the flap. Ooh-er missus!

I didn't realise it was such a common fault, herself said itwas just me being heavy handed.

I bet that flap wangs out with awsome force now, in a James Bond style you could knock cyclists off with the awsome power of the clothes peg powered flap

*drives to Mansfield to steal Jimmy's wallet*

*drives to Mansfield to steal Jimmy's wallet*[/quote]

Ha ha, but soon i will be able to ping you away with my peg spring fuel cap!

Who's Heath Robinson???????


He's all yours darlin'