Outer Limits 4x4 Board

The missus just called me at work. The bloody fuel filler door on the 80 series 4.5L won't open. After 5 mins of yanking on the latch in the front I asked her nicely to get in the back remove the panel where the jack is stored and pull on the wire to open it, still won't open!

Anybody else had this happen? Any ideas on how to talk her through getting it open? (Why is it so hard for women to understand so simple things when they are worked up over nothing?!?!?!?!)

Had the same thing on the work car the other week. Must be a Toyota thing

The problem I had was that the "spring" that pops it open when you pull the lever had bent so it wasn't pushing the flap open.

Had to get somebody to prise at it while I pulled the lever. Once i got it open, i bent the spring out a bit more and no further problems.

Hope this helps.

Had a look when I got home last night. A bit of Inox and some gentle levering with a screw driver released the latch pretty quickly.

Thanks for your help AJ.

snap on tools part number NPB124B

its a toyota thing...same thing happened to our 02 dual cab hilux...

$7 for the new spring and all is good!