Rob,
Ford Transit cylinders are identical apart from the position of the locating pin and are available for £15 or so so why bother re sleeving?
Easier to drill the backplate rather than relocate the pin in the cylinder.
It is entirely possible that I'm talking a load of rubbish here but maybe others can verify this.
I thought that the pin was in a different position because it also signified that the cylinder had a different bore.
I.e. Different pin position = Different cylinder bore.
The reason for the different pin position as I understand it is so that you can't fit the wrong cylinder.
I could be mistaken and maybe this an old wives tale.
BTW, I would have expected BHM to have changed the fluid when they replaced the cylinder. I would ask them.