[Supras] Gas door latch

[Bob]

The Mr2 has a separate latch from the cable...

I have no idea if the Supra is the same

Bob



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From: supras-bounces at supras.com [mailto:supras-bounces at supras.com] On Behalf
Of Dan Gyoba
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 11:24 AM
To: berniek at technicaldevelop.com; Supras at supras.com
Subject: Re: [Supras] Gas door latch

On 23 Sep 2007 at 2:18, berniek at technicaldevelop.com wrote:

> The gas door release on My '91 failed, leaving me little alternative
> but to force the door open.  That broke the plastic tip off what must
> be the end of the release cable.  Has anyone been through this before,
> regarding cable routing or which end usually breaks and the best way
> to get to it?  Although the cable and latch are in the parts fiche,
> there is no illustration there, in the service manual or in the
> collision repair manual.
> 
> BernieK

What a pain.

That cable runs back under the driver's door, then across the rear support
to the passenger 
side, and then back to the fuel door.

Mine got stuck, turned out only to need a bit of graphite lube.  Works
great, now.

You, unfortunately have broken the end, so you'll have to replace the cable.

You'll need to remove the interior from the hatchback, in its entirety,
remove the passenger 
side rear panel as well.  Next goes the rear seats (You had to pull the rear
seat backs to 
remove the panels.)

You should be able to leave the front seats and carpet in place, IIRC.  I'm
reasonably sure 
that you can get to the cable from the edges of the carpet.  (Since I've
never had to 
replace it, I'm not 100% sure of this though.)


Instead of a cable, you can install an electric popper, Might be a neat
trick...

Dan Gyoba
'89 NA 453,298 kms, Turbo swap COMPLETE
http://www.abstractconsulting.com/~dan


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