Like the other poster said it is usually a flat piece of metal, bent a
little bit. You could use a compressible piece of foam stuck to the back of
the door. When you release the door the foam will spring back a little
opening the door for your. I would opt to fix it the original way. That is
how cars turn into pieces of junk. Things start getting rigged, one by one,
and then you have a piece of junk car.

CaptainKrunch


"Bill" <noway@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:iFGuc.41393$ZM1.28863@bignews6.bellsouth.net. ..
> On my 1993 Accord the fuel door will no longer open using the lever in the
> car. When I pull the lever the lock does retreat enough to allow the door
to
> open. What is lacking is the spring that the door had to pop free of the
> lock so it can be opened by hand. I can`t find any diagram of the door
> mechanism to see if something is missing. I don`t see any place that a
> spring or something similar is missing that would give the door its ablity
> to pop open. Any ideas would help.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
>