Mazda Miata: Chrome fuel door problem

In article <oVgEc.14841$gnilink.net>,
"HardwareLust" <com> wrote:
 

Put some new (and/or longer) stop rubbers under it. Near as I can
figure, all Mazdas with the "open it without leaving the seat" lever
rely on the two little rubbers under the flap to provide the "oomph"
that pops it open. When the flap on my 626 stopped opening when I pulled
the lever, I put a couple new rubbers in it, and it worked like new
again.

But beware... Trying to put the darn things in was a challenge! Kinda
like trying to stuff a half inch rope through a quarter inch hole! I
imagine there's a tool built just for doing the deed, or some sort of
trick (Maybe coming at it from the other side of the panel? I wonder if
that'd be accessible on my 626?) that makes it easier, since I can't see
'em fighting with the darn things for half an hour each when the car was
put together at the factory, like I did, but I haven't encountered
either tool or trick yet.

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On 2004-06-29, HardwareLust <com> wrote:
 

Google knows:

http://www.google.com/groups?th=8e68723c518259ad

IIRC the recommended cure is to replace the little rubber
bumpers with ones that don't have a flat spot on them. Or
something like that.

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Grant Edwards wrote: 

Ah. Thank you! That's a good thread. I will try all of those and see if
one of them will work.

Any chance you want to buy it back? :-) :-)

In article <RZhEc.19577$sonic.net>,
Don Bruder <net> wrote:
 

Lube it with a little soap.

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On 2004-06-29, HardwareLust <com> wrote:
 

No thanks -- I've gone with the no-chrome look for my '03.

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Is that the one that may or may not have fit my 95M of the Shinsen? I never
did find a reasonable chrome lid.

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