Chrome fuel door problem

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HardwareLust - 29 Jun 2004 17:37 GMT

I bought the Mazda chrome fuel-filler door for my '99, and it looks great,
but the door does not work correctly. When you pull the lever inside the
console, the door doesn't 'spring' open like the stock door; you have to
manually pry it open, like with your fingernail or something like that.

Does anyone have any tips on making the door work correctly, or is this a
common thing and I just have to accept it the way it is?

Thanks,
H.
'99 Black and Tan

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Don Bruder - 29 Jun 2004 18:50 GMT

> I bought the Mazda chrome fuel-filler door for my '99, and it looks great,
> but the door does not work correctly. When you pull the lever inside the
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> Does anyone have any tips on making the door work correctly, or is this a
> common thing and I just have to accept it the way it is?

Put some new (and/or longer) stop rubbers under it. Near as I can
figure, all Mazdas with the "open it without leaving the seat" lever
rely on the two little rubbers under the flap to provide the "oomph"
that pops it open. When the flap on my 626 stopped opening when I pulled
the lever, I put a couple new rubbers in it, and it worked like new
again.

But beware... Trying to put the darn things in was a challenge! Kinda
like trying to stuff a half inch rope through a quarter inch hole! I
imagine there's a tool built just for doing the deed, or some sort of
trick (Maybe coming at it from the other side of the panel? I wonder if
that'd be accessible on my 626?) that makes it easier, since I can't see
'em fighting with the darn things for half an hour each when the car was
put together at the factory, like I did, but I haven't encountered
either tool or trick yet.

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Lanny Chambers - 29 Jun 2004 23:50 GMT

> Trying to put the darn things in was a challenge! Kinda
> like trying to stuff a half inch rope through a quarter inch hole! I
> imagine there's a tool built just for doing the deed, or some sort of
> trick

Lube it with a little soap.

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Grant Edwards - 29 Jun 2004 18:51 GMT

> Does anyone have any tips on making the door work correctly,
> or is this a common thing and I just have to accept it the way
> it is?

Google knows:

http://www.google.com/groups?th=8e68723c518259ad

IIRC the recommended cure is to replace the little rubber
bumpers with ones that don't have a flat spot on them. Or
something like that.

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HardwareLust - 29 Jun 2004 23:22 GMT

>> Does anyone have any tips on making the door work correctly,
>> or is this a common thing and I just have to accept it the way
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> bumpers with ones that don't have a flat spot on them. Or
> something like that.

Ah. Thank you! That's a good thread. I will try all of those and see if
one of them will work.

Any chance you want to buy it back? :-) :-)

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Grant Edwards - 30 Jun 2004 00:06 GMT

> Ah. Thank you! That's a good thread. I will try all of
> those and see if one of them will work.
>
> Any chance you want to buy it back? :-) :-)

No thanks -- I've gone with the no-chrome look for my '03. :)

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Mike - 30 Jun 2004 13:32 GMT

Is that the one that may or may not have fit my 95M of the Shinsen? I never
did find a reasonable chrome lid.

> > Ah. Thank you! That's a good thread. I will try all of
> > those and see if one of them will work.
> >
> > Any chance you want to buy it back? :-) :-)
>
> No thanks -- I've gone with the no-chrome look for my '03. :)

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Grant Edwards - 30 Jun 2004 15:07 GMT

> Is that the one that may or may not have fit my 95M of the Shinsen?

Yup. I believe I read somewhere that it would not have quite
fit: the opening is the same size, but the curvature isn't
quite the same.

> I never did find a reasonable chrome lid.

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