I had struggled to come up with the best way to mount the fuel door solenoid. I had previously made a bracket so I could use some 3/4 x 3/4 inch steel tube to mount the solenoid. I also made an access hole in the rear aluminum so I could mount the solenoid in the rear and still service it. When I had everything in place, it became obvious that it wouldn’t work as I expected. The original cross tube would interfere with the tail lights. It would also wouldn’t sit flat against against the other tubing. So I put off mounting the solenoid until I came up with a better idea. When I looked at the solution again tonight. I realized that I would have to make some small changes but have a working solution.

I decided that I would have the fuel solenoid mount inside the hatch area a little. This would require an aluminum spacer for the access panel. It would also require me to make a false front to cover the intrusion into the hatch area. This wasn’t a big change as I already planned this for the drivers side which had the hatch lock and latch. I would then be able to mount some tubing with he bracket I made and attach it to the existing tubing and then support it by attaching it to the rear aluminum. I made the mounting point by using some coupler nuts and welding them into the steel tube.

The design worked and I was able to install the solenoid without any difficulties.

I checked to see if the cardboard mock-up of the hatch lock mount fitted correctly. It fits as expected, so I will sent the drawings off to the machine shop tomorrow.

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