How do you fix the Gas Door?

[sperold]

My gas door release has never worked on my 90, and the cable is rusted in the outer sheath. I have oiled it repeatedly, but it has not freed up. I can probably get a socket on the nut that holds it in the gas door area, but what problems am I facing if I break it off (or whatever else can go wrong).
Are new cables available? Does anything else fit?
Any advice?

 

[luigisho]

Alot of these parts are discontinued but having a dealer search the system wouldn't hurt. If you can't get new, try and get replacement parts from a parts car. Might be common among other taurus models. There are usually whole parts cars here in the classifieds.

 

[19sho90]

Ya parts section is bound to have it for cheep. (Honestly not even worth the time to try and fix your current one.)

 

[sperold]

Has anyone removed this cable?
Can I just put a socket on the nut holding the cable and crank it off? Do I have to have someone in the trunk holding this thing to keep it from spinning around?
I don't have one to learn on, so I would like to do it right the first time.
Thanks.

 

[Whydah91]

Take the nut loose, then the right trunk panel, then the rear seat bottom out. It goes under the seat down along the left side of the inside door jamb to the lever control quadrant with the trunk release. It's LONG. Frankly, I'd try to free up the one on there.

 

[19sho90]

But if the current one is rusted. Who knows how far in it is rusted too. Its had 18+ years to rust. Plus even when he free's up the current one who is to say it wont rust again. Get a good cable off a good rust free SHO and take a few hours and do it correctly. I've personaly never had to do one(Im in Denver CO. so rust really isnt an issue here).

 

[SHORANGERBIRD]

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