In a message dated 8/31/00 4:26:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dmc1219@xxxx writes: << Someone pulled too hard & the cable broke at the latch. Fortunately, this is an early '81 with the gas flap. >> I've got D World, with the hidden mini cable backup. I've even seen it on an '81 I was looking into buying. But that was dreamed up in the gas flap era. Anybody used that fix on a non-flap vehicle? I tried sticking my big ape-sized (according to a friend) hand in there for size, and "it don't fit, bubba!" -Wayne 11174