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CovKid wrote:Without it in front of me, can I suggest that metal strength putty that even £ shops do these days?

If it will hold it in, and won't interfere with the mechanism then 'job done'!

I picked up a replacement barrel from JustKampers http://www.justkampers.com/251-843-709-sliding-door-lock-cylinder-for-vw-t25-1979-1992.html however I'm also being a bit clueless on seeing how the new one is held in. I misread the comments on the JK page and interpreted the barrel was held in with ...

Argh! That just makes my question more apt. Do folks know of an adaptor that works with both types, or which adaptors you need to have to be able to handle both?

Sorry for adding a late reply to this topic, but hopefully the info will be of use and I could do with some help myself. We only picked up our '85 Westy a couple of months back and on a recent camper trip the gas appeared to fizzle out. Bit of a panic because I hadn't double checked exactly how much...

Having now picked up the van and had a proper appraisal I realised it was going to be tight, but your picture is worth a thousand words so many thanks for taking the time. So in summary (for anyone else who chances across this topic) the electrics side is relatively simple and you're not going to bl...

Thanks for getting back to me.

It just seemed to easy hence I thought I'd better check. But what do you know, sounds like some things in life can be simple!

I will give this a go and report back for those who are interested.

Hi All Apologies if this is a stupid question (I have tried searching here for any previous posts). We have just bought our very first VW Camper (1985 T25 Westfalia Joker) and are pretty much all set to hit the road. It was however imported from Europe (Luxembourg I believe) and so the internal elec...