HELP! Filler Flap Problems Options

[senninha]

Having just bought a 1995 Celica GT I am having problems opening the filler flap.
On pulling on the release cable I heard a snap & sound's like the cable or the plastic lever has broke.
Till I get round to fitting a new cable or lever does anyone know of any way that I can open it so that I can fill it up with fuel.

Cheers in advance.

[boosted_K2]

hmm... actually i donno... thats a tough one cuz you dont wanna pry it open or anything...

what birmingham are you from? in england?

[senninha]

Yes Birmingham in the U.K.
I was wondering what actually lock's the filler flap, is it a small bar of some kind that when you pull the lever it actually slides the bar out of the way.
I can get to the cable if I remove the front seat & I might be able to pull it open,but if the cable has broken I might have problem's.
My fuel flap is on the passenger side (right hand drive) & as I look at it I wondered which way it opened ie; left to right or vice versa because if I have to prise it open I want to make sure I am going the right way.
It's a geat start to my Celica motoring as I only got the car yesterday & need to put some fuel in it.

1995 GT Japanese Import.

[sirrahtap]

i use to have a nissan pulsar and all of the sudden the little lever to open the door broke. so to open the door i had to get to the cable somehow. i got to it underneath the carpet in the trunk. pull out the carpet where the filler is at and look for a little cable or latch. there was a little space that i could just stick my key in a pull towards the back of the car and it would pop right open.
hopefully that makes sense and helps....who knows though.....this was on an 86 nissan, and who knows what kind of differences there could be between the cars.
pm me if you need me try and describe it better.

[senninha]

I've finally sorted it out.
Remove front seat,remove trim so that you can pull back the carpet,the filler flap release & the boot (trunk) release are attached together on a bracket,the bracket is bolted to the body by one bolt,undo bolt & pull out the mechanism,fix mechanism then put in back in place.
The trouble with mine was that the spring had come off as there is a spring for each lever,I put back the spring, returned it all to it's original position,pulled the lever & hey presto it worked.
I only bought the car on Friday & it was low on fuel, I thought I'd never be able to fill it up.
Anyway I thought that I would post this in case anybody else had this problem in the future.