Lee - Thanks for the sugestion, but for the life of me I can not find anything but wiring and a hose or two in the right rear behind the trim inside the lamp access pannels or under the floor...back to plan "A". Update, scrapped plan"A" and found the way to get my arm inside the ...

Well, after reading this thread and then searching for a manual fuel door release on my '98 V70, I also fail to find anything..and the latch mechenism is outside of the passenger compartment which as best I can tell that I will have to access it from the right rear wheelhouse after removing the whee...