Fuel Door Repair

[ItsAlwaysRusty]

Hey Rich You around. Hope things are OK with You?? Been awhile..

[richpin06a]

@ItsAlwaysRusty Thanks for asking i got a 2 part video on the Saturn in the can should be up soon.

[nittanylion2012]

Dude I cannot thank you enough for this video I added to my favorites. I have a '95 corsica and the fuel door is only hanging on by one hinge and would never stay open. The other day I was tinkering with it and out fell what at the time I thought was the hinge but now know to actually be the spring. Thanks a lot man now my question is, is it better to take the tire off to access the bolts to remove the assembly or can I leave it on?

[richpin06a]

@nittanylion2012 I had no problem removing the bolts with the tire in place.If your arms are very large you might have to remove the tire.

[nittanylion2012]

@richpin06a Thanks for the response man. I actually found that the hardest thing about removing the bolt is finding the right socket. As it turns out though the reason it was falling off is because while the door itself is perfectly ok the assembly is completely rusted and useless. Now I'm playing hell trying to find a replacement.

[axenz1]

Hi, why you did not put any grease?

[richpin06a]

@axenz1 Actually i did i just didn't show it in the video.

[axenz1]

@richpin06a , owh...thanks for reply :)

[hp11208]

Rich hows it going didn't see any new vids everything okay.

[richpin06a]

@hp11208 Thanks for asking everything is ok seems like this time of year i always do not have that much work.I have a window replacement video for a Dodge Dakota coming soon.

[hp11208]

@hp11208 Oh okay cool,just checking lo.

[BigPython1986]

u could of made a piece made out of thing metal mate

[richpin06a]

@BigPython1986 If i had some spring steel i might have tried.

[GTVAlfaMan]

Rich, you make it all look so easy. Thanks for helping me keep my 1996 Saturn SL2 alive, I just reached 150,000 miles today.

[mobes329]

Another great vid !

[TOMOFONO]

Spray oil on that sucker.

[richpin06a]

@TOMOFONO You work for the oil company...lol.

[stormer1092]

eh go fast enough it will stay closed

[richpin06a]

@stormer1092 But what about when i back up.

[stormer1092]

@richpin06a duct tape will fix that. :)

[richpin06a]

@stormer1092 Now why didn't i think of that so much easier.

[stormer1092]

@richpin06a Duct tape and super glue will fix everything.

[rickey5353]

Great Video, Keep 'em comin'

[SpaceWolfPainter]

Don't stop making these videos. They're great!

[KillerZero259]

"just the way it should be"

yeah, when its brand spankin new rich, LOL. how old is that car??

[dsquare1986]

Any ideas for what to put there once the fuel door rusts completely off?

[SheaD26]

Thank you

[lococooter1]

thank u to share your knowdledge, regards from mexico. amigo.

[CoolasIce2]

Let me guess how much that spring cost. $9?

[richpin06a]

@CoolasIce2 $4.

[calmini4x4]

Pretty poor design is right but in New england. surprised this car is still on the road. someone took care of it.

[richpin06a]

@calmini4x4 Last year this car had 65,000 miles on it.

[burnzy3210]

i have a problem with the same effect on my car, though i think its unlikely richpin will ever do a repair video on a rover lol

[1990GearHead]

who the fuck fixes a pos like that

[TrueBlueEG8]

Pretty poor design, using a piece of shit like that as a spring, its designed to fail:-/ Good stuff mister, you have a great pair of hands.

[seniorjohnl]

Like a Boss.

[crystalscan2002]

i used to see alot of those arund

[hp11208]

nice