348 fuel Door actuator alternate part found!

I have been trying to replace the fuel door actuator on my 1994 348 spyder and seems the original part is unavailable for the most part, I did see one in Europe offered for about $500 the original was last priced for $750 ! so I also have a saab 9-5 and discovered by chance that the part used by Saab is so darn close and perfectly usable to replace the crappy Ferrari part that jams up, this Saab part is also bit hard to find but I got a good used one for $10 from any 1999-2002 9-5 model, it has two wires just need to use old connector from the the original part splice it in and wiring done, there is also on the saab part an emergency cable just like the Ferrari one has , I did not disturb the original cable and handle just undid i from the actuator and zip tied it up to the air duct. Then I just draped the cable over the air duct so it hangs down just below shock tower below original door emergency pull and can be reached there easily and still looks stock with original pull in place. The new solenoid actuator had a threaded nut that will hold new one in place I put a washer behind this to adequately cover the hold in body to secure it, also I machined a washer with a buss on it to take up slack and center the shaft for the actuator in the body hole. this hole is aprox .790 thousands in dia and i used a 1-1/4 diameter piece of aluminum round stock to machine a small buss on the piece it only needs to be about 30 thousands or so thick of raised buss and about 80 thou thick of whole piece sorry no pictures of this part, its like a 1-1/4 outer diameter washer with a .400 thou hole in middle with a raised buss on one side that pops into body hole centers the washer and centers the new saab actuator threaded nut. The saab nut has a nice rubber boot with a angled shaft that allows the fuel door to ride over easily when closing and if you orientate the new actuator just right it will mate up with the plastic hole in fuel door perfectly. Sorry don't have pictures of the little washer I made but you can see it fits in there perfect and the nut inside the fuel door opening is similar to how original works and it works perfectly. I wanted to post this as I sure there are others out there that need a solution to this and this is cheap and damn near perfect match.
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Yes the saab part is far better made than the original and will last a lot longer. no more cleaning the old part that rusts and jams then blows the fuse

 

You hold the part inside the fender whit your hand or a wrench / vise grip then put a wrench on the nut part inside the gas lid and unscrew the nut part then the solenoid slips out through the inner fender area, I assume you have the inner fender pulled off ?