Fitting the fuel filler flat was not an easy task – mind bending would be a better way of describing fitting it.
Not sure if all are the same, as the CSL has a cast aluminium cover.
But after trying all sorts of different ways and many hours I found an easy way.
Un clip the 2 small springs – they are located at one end with a rivet and the other end with just a 90-degree bend in the spring that clips into the filler flap arm, just pull that bit of the spring out and fitting the cover is nearly easy (getting the nuts on requires small hands – used nylock nuts as putting spring washers on would have been too much hassle)
You will notice you have 2 holes in the rubber shroud – to gain access to the springs – get a small set of mole grips (pointed) and spend a few minutes re locating the springs – it’s a bit fiddley but not beyond the will of man.
The next problem is getting the flap with perfect gaps.
Again, this is a struggle because the rubber seal is moulded to the shape of the inside of the flap and has a little bit extra where the finger hole is located on the flap itself.
The rubber seal once fitted has no real movement so you need to align the flap with the rubber, and the extra rubber determines where the flap will sit.
As you can see from the pictures – my gaps are not uniform and that bugs me a lot.
The cover however is the correct contour and matches into the wing well.
