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scotty nm35 Grand Master

scotty nm35

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Hey guys - I've borrowes my mates Stagea while he's overseas but can't for the life of me find where the fuel cap is?

Anybody have any idea?

Haha this is somewhat embaressing..

Had me stumped for half an hour the first day, sitting in the servo. :D

Just a gentle push on the flap, door side will pop it open. Car must be unlocked!!

Angus Smart Grand Master

Angus Smart

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Hey guys - I've borrowes my mates Stagea while he's overseas but can't for the life of me find where the fuel cap is?

Anybody have any idea?

Haha this is somewhat embaressing..

hahaha

i did the same thing first time i went to fill up..

i tried to call everyone i knew with a m35 and no body would pick up... then called everyone else...

i than drove home without fuel..

Bis-e Bee Mentor

Bis-e Bee

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When I picked my car up for the first time it didn't have a great deal of fuel in it. That didn't worry me but like others when I got to the servo I get out and as you do I lock the doors don't I lol

So I'm pushing on the fuel door no go, so then I open the car and going looking for a pull lever or switch.... no go... I then get the manual out of the glovebox (just a small english job from the compliance mob, extremely unhelpful in most instances)... no go...

I'm getting a little frustrated by this point and try to push on the fuel door with the car open, hey presto.. what a relieve :D

Oh, and the doors need to be unlocked to lock the fuel door or it won't close.

Dunc Mentor

Dunc

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I then get the manual out of the glovebox (just a small english job from the compliance mob, extremely unhelpful in most instances)... no go...

Yeah the compliance manual has nothing of any use, but I found the diagrams for the fuel cap in the orig jap manuals that came with my car, took about 5 minutes of fretting and flicking through pages (all the while sitting at servo) to find it though :D

iamhe77 Grand Master

iamhe77

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Had me stumped for half an hour the first day, sitting in the servo. :)

Just a gentle push on the flap, door side will pop it open. Car must be unlocked!!

What he said ^

Push on the edge nearest the front of the car.

hahaha

i did the same thing first time i went to fill up..

i tried to call everyone i knew with a m35 and no body would pick up... then called everyone else...

i than drove home without fuel..

When I picked my car up for the first time it didn't have a great deal of fuel in it. That didn't worry me but like others when I got to the servo I get out and as you do I lock the doors don't I lol

So I'm pushing on the fuel door no go, so then I open the car and going looking for a pull lever or switch.... no go... I then get the manual out of the glovebox (just a small english job from the compliance mob, extremely unhelpful in most instances)... no go...

I'm getting a little frustrated by this point and try to push on the fuel door with the car open, hey presto.. what a relieve :/

Oh, and the doors need to be unlocked to lock the fuel door or it won't close.

LMFAO

Same thing with me, picked the car up which had no fuel in it.

Went to the closest servo and was searching for the fuel lid release for a couple of minutes... decided it was a "push open" fuel lip so went over to it and pushed on it... didn't open and the car was not locked (I pushed on the wrong side lol).

Guy at the bowser next me and my chaeffeur mate decided to look all over the car for the release button.

Ended up call Ben from Northshore who told me to push on the cap... walked over to the car and pushed on the correct side of the filler cap. :D

I have never felt that a filler cap could open in such a mocking manner.

GoldZilla Grand Master

GoldZilla

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lol not being able to find the fuel release is a major issue with a stagea!

Indeed! You'll be spending plenty of time at servo's unless you're either only borrowing for a very short time, or hardly using it! It's probably the main downside to owning one.

iamhe77 Grand Master

iamhe77

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Indeed! You'll be spending plenty of time at servo's unless you're either only borrowing for a very short time, or hardly using it! It's probably the main downside to owning one.

Disagree there Nick, gotta say that I love the way it is set up... I especially notice how much I like it when I take my wife's car to the servo and have to reach down to pull that stupid fuel release lever.

I mean, it is a one way hinge! What could possibly go wrong with it?!*

*special not to the "Karma" and "Murphy" and his law, I did not pose this question to be shown what can go wrong with it

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