There is a small spring there already (or should be). By the hinge there
should be a clipped on piece of spring steel. Some times it comes loose and
falls off when you open the door.

"Bill" <noway@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the helpful info. A small spring sounds like a good idea.
>
>
> Bill
>
> "tomb" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:2i16vjFhp1itU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > Bill wrote:
> > | 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've seen a Camry that had *exactly* the same problem. Caused me to look
> at
> > that mechanism a bit more closely; it appears to be the same on the
Camry,
> > Corolla and Civic, so presumably it's the same on your Accord as well.
> >
> > The spring that's missing is a narrow, flat piece of metal that was
> probably
> > mounted on a plastic holder on the fuel door, on the side where the
hinge
> > is, centered from top down.
> >
> > | 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.
> >
> > What we did with the Camry was to get a few regular springs of the right
> > size and just attach them to the various parts of metal on the door, so
> the
> > door would be spring-loaded to open up. That works pretty well
> >
> >
>
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