Do I need to replace door lock?

[Kneale Brownson]

I had to swap cylinders when I did our V8#1 a year or so ago.  As I reported earlier, SJM says there are two sets of kit numbers, one for earlier cars and one for the V8 era cars, so it's possible you didn't need to replace the cylinder on the earlier one.  Here's a pix of the old/new lever part:  http://www.pbase.com/kneale_brownson/image/100875828   The "next" button gets you to a pix of the cylinder ready to be installed after I switched the springs and pins.

Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:  
> The kit to repair the broken potmetal piece on the inner end of the
> lock includes a new lock cylinder because the stamped metal
> replacement piece has a different sized opening for where it slips
> over the part of the cylinder that turns when the key is inserted.
> You transfer your springs and pins from the OEM cylinder to the new
> one as part of the process.

Well, I remember why I don;t have the part number/price in some old 
spreadsheet - I got my "new" part from a parts car that had had it 
replaced. I don't recall having to swap the cylinder to do it, though, 
are you sure about that part? This was on an '89 90Q.

One of these days I need to do the passenger side, so I guess I'll 
"know" then!

-- 
Huw Powell

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