And no, I'm not having trouble applying my latest sticker theme! I'm having trouble opening the fuel cap cover. Usually one pull won't do it. So I'm having a frantic go on the release catch. It finally opens. But is there some adjustment of the cable like for the hand brake cable? Is it more likely something is sticking (not sticker!) or even broken. I'm worried I'm sat at the petrol station almost empty, can't open the flap and stuck there.
I've had a look in my boot to see if you can get the the latch from that side. Looks difficult as it's between the outer & inner skin of the body. You'll need to lift the carpets. Buy a screw driver (pozi) from the garage if you don't have one & take out the centre console. Six screws & it's out. You can then pull the cable manually. Just hope the problem is at that end & not at the flap. Failing that call the AA.
I had exactly the same problem pulling the release trigger didn't open the cover first time. Fixing it was easy though. The locking mechanism works by a little plunger is pulled out of the tab attached to the cover when you pull the lever in the car. I just carefully bent the tab away from the plunger , just a few millimetres and that fixed it. Bend it with care though you don't want to snap it off. If you can't get it open initially get somebody to hold the release lever in the car up while you squeeze and pull the cover. That worked for me.
cheers you two. I'll assess DaGs bodgit it and scarper technique first before I go for Adam's full professional rebuild. Go to the garage to buy a specialised screwing device! I'm sure the knife fork and spoon drawer will come up trumps! I do have a few tools and building myself up a small collection. Got a Halfords set recently when on offer.
I'm sure you have tools at home. I was thinking about in the car with you. I was thinking you were running on fumes & couldn't make it home. I carry a multi tool (pliers, knife etc) & a multi-bit screw driver in the boot just in case. Oh yes & some long cable ties.
Bodgit and scarper? Ya cheeky git. The mechanism for releasing the cover is a bit basic its just like a door bolt really. If you dont pull a bolt out completely you cant open the door. If you look at my picture below on the cover itself is a tab with a rectangular hole in it that the little black plunger on the right goes into. If the tab gets bent outwards, when you pull the release lever the little plunger does not come completely out of the tab. Just bend the tab inwards away from the plunger and it will sort your problem. Also get somebody to pull the release lever and make sure the plunger pulls completely back.
Do your fuel caps come with a string connected to the cover? Mine just doesn't and it is such a hassle for the pump attendant.
Pump attendant, what's that? You have to be as old as Trustafox to remember them in the uk. Yes ours do come with a "string" attached. It goes from the centre of the cap to one of the holes on the right side of the flap. If you look at the picture I've posted just above your picture you can see the plastic tie that holds the cap.
Not sure how pump attendants relate to age in the UK but in SG they are practically in every station. That's probably how the govt keep the unemployment rates down. Is the design of my fuel cover the same as yours? I don't see anywhere that I can hang the cap. Still prefer to mod it with a proper string.
Take a look through this. Lots of great items, towards the bottom are fuel caps with cords. http://mthill.com/copen/parts
They relate to age because they were all phased out by self service stations back in the late sixties, early seventies. A young driver in the Uk is unlikely to know what a petrol pump attendant is. Yes your fuel cover is identical to mine. If you look at your picture you will see two holes in the hinge where the hinge attaches to the flap. One end of the string attaches to one of these holes by what looks like a plastic rivet thing. The other end you can see in my picture attaches to the the cap in the centre.
yes I can just remember when man at the garage filled you up, even did the car too But DaG remembers those days when they exchanged your horse when you stopped off for a pint or six.
class double entendre? My earliest memory of anything to do with cars, was when petrol was five shillings (25p) a gallon. I wasn't old enough to drive mind so i wasnt bothered about that high price. strangely at that time it was considered pricey.
I thought you pre-dated petrol? I remember in the 70s driving around with mum as she worked, with a little dashboard and steering wheel I had made out of meccano. This was before computer sims.
