i was going to work last month and i heard loud banging coming from my car everytime i took a turn. im like "wtf is that?" i heard the same thing coming home. all of a sudden one day i had to back up a ways because there was no parking where i was going, and when i was backing up, i noticed the door to my gas tank was flapping open and slamming closed. so as im going home from this outing, i see my rearview mirror the door slamming against the car. from what i saw it looked like my car was being sexually spanked by the door to the gas tank. i temporarily fixed it with velcro but i gotta find a new spring loaded hinge or something. thats gonna suck taking that panel off to get in there and access that.

wow i just realized my car is getting the **** beaten out of it. i should get something stronger like a k5 blazer or something.

Ya, that'* a little funny.

Why don't you hit up Chuck and Eddies with Justin. Black is a pretty common color. To swap one out on most GM'*, you pull the plastic around the filler neck then it'* two 10mm nuts.

its not the plastic around the filler neck, its that little spring and piece of metal that connected to the little v-arm that held the door. the piece of metal rusted away, thus releasing the spring. i wouldve saved the spring but it shot somewhere and i cant find it. (ya i have good luck i know)

Justin.. please take a moment and help Fab see what I'm talking about.

i know what your talking about cause i took those 10mm'* out and tried ghetto rigging it with a tiny bungie cord. of course that didnt work but i saw what broke though.

LOL.. go pick one up. Probably $10 or less.

Meanwhile..sneak out when Justin is sleeping and cut his spring. Tell'm it musta broke when he opened it..lol

he has a different setup than mine. plus i gotta be able to put my hands and tools in there and nothing will fit for the life of me. (again going back to my bad luck) or in short fml

Nah..that just means you have the wrong tools.

first time I swapped a mirror on a Bonneville it took me 45 min to get the mirror off. Got a new tool, 5 min to put it on. Got another new tool and I can remove/install that mirror in less than 5. It'* all about the right tool.

trust me when i say that its in a very tight spot. we'll have to make a whole day out of it.