door barrel 'n key's?

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G'day all, can you still buy door barrel 'n key's anywhere?

[greedy53]

depends on what you have find a locksmith would be a good starting point
good luck

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Do you still have the barrel, aussiedingo? If you do, you take the barrel to your nearest locksmith, and they will cut a key(s) to fit it. Took them about 5 mins to cut me two keys for the Millard poptop door lock (the original keys were missing), and the charge was $18 when I had it done back in about 2009.

cheers,
Al.

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greedy53, thanks for your smart advice - I have been in the motor trade for almost 60 years, I know how the system works, I was calling on members short cuts with sensible advice. My closest locksmith is 60/70 klm's away - I try to buy on the internet as it is usually delivered to my door free. Al, thanks for your reply, one door has a barrel - the other one is just a hole, back to my original question, can you still buy door barrel 'n key's anywhere? thanks again, norm

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To be fair, norm, your original question was pretty general, so you'll have to forgive us for not knowing exactly what the problem was that you are trying to fix.

"G'day all, can you still buy door barrel 'n key's anywhere?" Yeah, sure,...on the CaravansPlus website: Caravan Locks & Catches Category

cheers,
Al.

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Thanks Al for the link, as a newbie with a "classic caravan" I don't know of any suppliers (yet) that supply bits for these old vans, I have been to my closest (70klm) which is Jayco & they don't have anything I need, thanks again, norm

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Finding original replacement bits for these old vans is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The only way you tend to find them is if somebody wrecks a van the same as yours, or replaces bits of their van with modern stuff, and you can get some of the old parts from them.

CaravansPlus still sell a few bits that can be used on the old vans, but the list is getting shorter and shorter as the years go by. One of the plastic cupboard handles is still available for early Franklins. There are a couple of bits for Millard still there. Very little for Viscounts still around, though. Sometimes the window glazing rubbers that CaravansPlus sell can be adapted to use in the old windows.

You can sometimes be lucky if you put a post in our "Wanted or Swap" section and describe exactly what the part is and the caravan year/model is that you're looking for.

We also have a thread pinned at the start of our Techo Stuff index, that lists Links to websites that I have found usefull. All that info was posted by one of our members back in 2009, so it is now 5 years later and perhaps not all that info is still current, however it will sometimes give you a good starting point to work from.

cheers,
Al.