Our new Eriba is due for collection in a couple of weeks. (our 3rd). However its been a couple of years since the last one and the car has been changed. Same make and model car but I have had a detachable Westfallia tow bar fitted. I have just inspected the 13 pin socket and I have started panicking. I distinctly remember the old assembly allowing for a push and twist connection. The newly fitted 13 pin does not appear to be of a design capable of doing this…. I have attached a pic.

To coin a phrase am I up the preverbal without a paddle…..

Expert advice please…..thanking you in anticipation

Ray

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If it is a recent socket, then it will be push and twist and the folding cover will also act as a clip to stop the plug coming out.
If not it shouldn't be too difficult to re wire a suitable replacement, just remove the plastic socket from the the metal plate it is mounted on, take a photo of the way it is wired up and then wire it into the new one.
These hold no fear from me, my father, when I was young, was forever unhitching but forgetting to unplug resulting in hours of fun rewiring the "bare wires pulled from the plug" without a diagram.At least the permutations in those days were less with less pins in the plugs/ sockets. Happy days!!

Just had a look at my Westfalia detachable fitted 1 year ago and it looks the same. Mine definitely twists to fit .

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I don't think there's such a thing as a straight push fit 13 pin, indeed I believe the plug/socket is an EU regulation design.

Phew…..thanks all..my mind is at rest….now busy making sure everything else is ready