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Old 11-04-09, 11:40 PM   #1
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Exclamation WELL...its an ANNOYING PROBLEM
well i finally register my car, and i go to the gas station and guess what? my gas lid won't pop open... and im just pulling and pulling the little lever and still nothing. so i call the guy i bought it from, and hes like
"yea that happened to me a few times just pull the lever harder and if that don't work shimmey the key in between the lid and it should pop open!" tried and failed
i looked up how to remove it, but i wanted to know if there something that could be locking the trunk/gas lid switch(both don't work) also if there are any other ways to get the lid open without well...breaking it
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Old 11-05-09, 12:08 AM   #2
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On the 1stgen RX-7's, you can reach under the carpet from the hatch area and the electric solenoid that pops the gas door actually has a bracket welded to it that looks like an "L"...you just hook your finger on it and pull. It mechanically pops the gas lid for you since you're pulling the actual plunger.

Hope that helps since I'm pretty certain you don't have a 1stgen...

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Old 11-05-09, 12:57 AM   #3
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happens to my 86 gxl all the time what i have to do is take my key or something around the same length and prop the lever up and then go and open the thing try this or have a friend hold the lever up. hope this helps
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Old 11-05-09, 12:58 AM   #4
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how the hell is it on the road without any gas??? I assume it's been sitting for a while, and the previous owner obviously knew what to do with it.

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happens to my 86 gxl all the time what i have to do is take my key or something around the same length and prop the lever up and then go and open the thing try this or have a friend hold the lever up. hope this helps
LOL wow that totally sucks I have the same model, but no problems like that. how ridiculous!
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Old 11-05-09, 03:50 AM   #5
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i also have the same problem on my 1st gen
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Old 11-05-09, 02:57 PM   #6
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Smile i fixed it mehself...
well i just went to the online manuel(which i give a BIG THANKS to whoever uploaded it) and found the actual steel wire and opened up the trunk, pulled back the felt and just pulled it my self, the fuel lid opened right up zoomed right to the gas station, i was on E...and pumped 46bucks full of fuel...
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Old 11-05-09, 03:24 PM   #7
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46$?!

holy shit!

how much is gas in florida? i'm paying like 2.60 a gal for premium
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Old 11-05-09, 04:12 PM   #8
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lucky mofo 2.75 for premuim here =(
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