Early Series 1 Fuel Door Question

[JohnnyO]

My fuel door does not have a spring on it. Did early series 1 fuels doors have a spring?

Thanks in advance.

John

[motorman7]

HLS30-2614 has 2 springs on the fuel door. One above the metal arc and one below...looks like 3 coils each

[Bonzi Lon]

They must be fragile because #110 is missing both of them, the holes are there though.

Bonzi Lon

[JohnnyO]

Thanks motorman7. That is what I thought. I have springs off of a 72 fuel door that look identical in fit and function. I will try them.

Bonzi, I have the same holes and indents that is why I questioned it. I wondered if maybe the very early cars did not have them though because they were not ready for production.

On my 72 fuel door there is a plate spot welded into place to hold the spring to the hinge. On my 70 there is no plate and it does not appear that there was ever one spot welded there. I will try to get pictures up after dinner tonight.

John

[Mike B]

My fuel door does not have a spring on it. Did early series 1 fuels doors have a spring?

Thanks in advance.

John

No springs on HLS30-00032 or HLS30-00210 either. Must be another low VIN thing.

-Mike

[JohnnyO]

That's what I am thinking Mike. I will try to get pictures of the differences up tonight. I forgot my son had T-Ball last night so I did not have time.

John

[motorman7]

Hi Mike,

I was wondering if HLS30-00237 had the springs. Also, I wonder if this is like the air cleaner decal issue where some early cars had them and some did not. Part shortages my guess.

[JohnnyO]

They must be fragile because #110 is missing both of them, the holes are there though.

Bonzi Lon

I inspected the 72 door last night. That has 1 spring with 2 coils in it. Pretty sure it would have been the same on Series 1 cars based on the layout of the holes and the indent in the hinge.

Just to clarify that there is only 1 spring....

Motorman, That is the same spring I have on my 72 fuel door. The coiled sections actually are connected behind a plate that is spot welded to the hinge. It is hard to tell but it is only 1 spring assembly.

Edited May 13, 2010 by JohnnyO

[motorman7]

The coiled sections actually are connected behind a plate that is spot welded to the hinge. It is hard to tell but it is only 1 spring assembly.

I wasn't aware of that. It's very hard to see in there. All I could really see were the two coils. Did not realize they were connected.

[geezer]

There are 3 different part numbers shown for the Assy Lid, Gas Filler up to 07/71 in the parts catalog. Its not apparent what the differences are. There is only 1 spring listed (#78817-E4600); no date associated with it.

In the Glenn Mitchell Estimator illustration from early 1970 the door is shown with no spring. Also a north/south gas door lock orientation is shown.

[d240zx2]

00721 used to have a spring, but 'twas lost early in the car's life. I cannot recall the cause for losing it, but it's been gone a loonnngg time.....

[JohnnyO]

00721 used to have a spring, but 'twas lost early in the car's life. I cannot recall the cause for losing it, but it's been gone a loonnngg time.....

I wonder if they positioned the spring in early cars without the spot welded plate. Without this plate I dont know how long the spring would have stayed in place.