Fuel Door

green02crew · Post by **green02crew** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:34 am

The hinge on the fuel door broke causing the door to hang loose. Rust seems to have ruined the hinge. I found a replacement on LMC truck for $50 shipped, I'll still have to paint it though. Anyone know of better alternatives? For a junkyard find it would have to be a CC as the door is different than on the regular s-series.

blks10 · Post by **blks10** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:51 am

take off your gas tank and install a flux capacitor

raven2510 · Post by **raven2510** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:40 pm

any 98+ fuel door will work the same for you

Post by **HenryJ** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:10 pm

raven2510 wrote:any 98+ fuel door will work the same for you

Nope. Unfortunately we have the South American Isuzu bed. It has a fender bulge over the fuel door that no other S-series shares. 2001-2004 s-series crew cab production models are the the only options.

It is possible that the Isuzu Hombre may have one that could work, but around here they are even more rare.

green02crew · Post by **green02crew** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:31 pm

$42.65 to my door through GM Parts Direct. Writing this one off as the rust gremlins again. They have been striking hard lately.

raven2510 · Post by **raven2510** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:05 am

HenryJ wrote:
raven2510 wrote:any 98+ fuel door will work the same for you
Nope. Unfortunately we have the South American Isuzu bed. It has a fender bulge over the fuel door that no other S-series shares. 2001-2004 s-series crew cab production models are the the only options.

It is possible that the Isuzu Hombre may have one that could work, but around here they are even more rare.

really...ive never noticed the body difference before....something new every day

green02crew · Post by **green02crew** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:41 am

The door has an arch to it and the arm connecting the door is shorter in length.

green02crew · Post by **green02crew** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:32 pm

Painted and installed with color match paint from NAPA. Some good sanding and prepwork was necessary as well as a good primer as it did not come preprimed as expected, it was bare metal.

davejb851 · Post by **davejb851** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:41 pm

Not painted? That must be why the dealership I called wanted $150 for one.
I had to give them the paint code and they told me they could have one all painted.

rlrnr53 · Post by **rlrnr53** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:28 pm

I just purchased a fuel door, and was surprised to see that it was not painted. I still have to get the primer and sandpaper to get started, then off to NAPA for the paint. I figure I' looking at another $30.00 inaddition to the $38.84 I've already spent.

rlrnr53 · Post by **rlrnr53** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:32 pm

Finished painting and installing the fuel door last Saturday before we left on vacation. Picked up the paint in a spray can from NAPA (custom mixed). Took a couple of hours to paint, and about 35 min to install and adjust.

davejb851 · Post by **davejb851** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:09 am

Having the same problem, I took the door off to find the spring and latch? tiny piece of metal had rusted and broken on one side.
Guess this might be how most fuel door covers are designed to work, but it seems an awful way to do it.
To keep from going the $50 dollar/paint can route, I had a bunch of rare earth disk magnets with holes in them like a washer. Took two that were about the thickness of the rubber stoppers, and modified them to fit as replacements. I fastened them to the mounts with plastic screws and nuts and the door holds fast and tight as it should.
Guess saving all those extra hardware pieces from gas grills, kids toys, and any other thing that comes unassembled paid off this time?

rlrnr53 · Post by **rlrnr53** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:12 am

Check LMC truck. I saw the door spring separately in their S-10 catalog.

roadrunner · Post by **roadrunner** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:27 am

I tried buying the spring from GM and when it arrived it was the wrong one. Never could get the right one so I re-bent the original that had fallen out and re-installed it a year ago and it is still okay.
Thought about magnets too but was unwilling after recalling what effect they have on rusting under magnetic signs and emblems on the outside of the body.

Roberty · Post by **Roberty** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:09 pm

I'm in the same boat with my crew cab S10. I tried the spring that I bought from my local Chevy dealer and it didn't work so I'm going to just buy the whole door and paint it. I tried a used regular S10 pickup truck fuel door and found out the hard way that they are different. Anyone know if GM part # 15761473 is the correct door? GM parts direct has it for $42.93 shipped to my door.

WileyHunter · Post by **WileyHunter** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:27 pm

rlrnr53 wrote:Check LMC truck. I saw the door spring separately in their S-10 catalog.

http://LMCTruck.com

Part# 31-3132 Fuel Door Spring Crew Cab 01-04 $4.95

Page 136 of current catalog.

S-10CREWCAB.NET

Fuel Door

Fuel Door

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