Ventectomy- fuel door solenoid quit working?

I did my ventectomy this weekend - I finally HAD to refuel last night (the damn light came on)- at the pump, I hit the fuel door button, heard the solenoid fire - NADA, door wouldn't open, the cylynder didn't move (5 tries) - finally jimmied it open w/ a screwdriver (that hurt me as much as the fuel door, which got a paint chip taken out of it) popped the lock bar off the fuel door (gluable?) - didn't have a chance to look at the cylinder area yet, could I just have misaligned the lock during replacement?

Any help - even the comments like "dumb@$$" - would be appreciated.

I'll try to take a look at mine when I get out of work..since we both did it the same day at the same place

Dude-
we tried yours afterwards and it worked! I must have done something really stupid and boneheaded on mine (par for me). Maybe I should have the vinegar and baking soda car instead of the Golf.....