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Need help fast!!! locking gas tank door is stuck

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Old 07-28-2010, 07:34 AM
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have you though about taking metal putty knife/scraper and putting a kink in it so you could flip the mechanism? or if the wife/girlfriend/mom/sister has a small bent icing spatula

Old 07-28-2010, 08:32 AM
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just saw this post. My gas door has been 'stuck' for over a year. My solution was using an ice ax as a 'key'. Scared to pooh out of some Oregonian gas attendants (cant pump your own gas there) when I hopped out of the truck wielding the ax. Now days the hatch just flops around like the lower lip of a slack-jawed yocal--rather undignified.
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this happened to me a few weeks ago. i got it open eventually and promptly removed the lock from the door.
Old 07-28-2010, 01:10 PM
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well right now i just took the tab and pushed it enough where the door is open about a inch and i can still open it. still trying to think what to do
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Originally Posted by dromomaniac
just saw this post. My gas door has been 'stuck' for over a year. My solution was using an ice ax as a 'key'. Scared to pooh out of some Oregonian gas attendants (cant pump your own gas there) when I hopped out of the truck wielding the ax. Now days the hatch just flops around like the lower lip of a slack-jawed yocal--rather undignified.
before i put my fiberglass bedsides on, my gas door bounced around alot and it was really annoying. to fix it i took a small magnet and put it on the back side of the door and then put a small bolt with a flat head where the stock rubber bumper was. this held it enough from flappin around but was still easy to open.
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To bad the trucks arn`t set up like first gen 4Runners, were you can just pull the cable latch under the dash and the gas door pops open.
Old 07-29-2010, 06:15 AM
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how hard you think it would be to do a swap like that??? this key has been giving me lots of problems
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