HOW TO: Navigate Technical Parts Diagrams

I stumbled across this website awhile ago and I thought I would share the wealth. It's hard to navigate which is why I wanted to create a write-up for it. I buy all my parts online from McGeorge Toyota. Best prices I've found.

First, navigate here.

http://auto-kat.com/index.php?route=saleepc/toyota/






Next you want to input your VIN and click "Search".






That brings you to this page. Click here. It doesn't look clickable but it is.






From there you're brought to the main menu. I sometimes do a ctrl+f to search the page, or just scroll until I see what I'm looking for.







Once you find what you need, click the picture or words. This will bring up the diagrams and part numbers.






Here's the diagrams and part numbers. It's freaking tiny and I have to zoom in. If you hold ctrl and scroll in with your mouse, it zooms in.







Zoomed in a bit you can get a better idea of how it works. There's a shorthand number on the diagram, and on the list next to it, you can see the expanded number. The expanded number is the part number. This is what you search on McGeorge Toyota website.







One thing to mention is there are multiple diagrams sometimes. You can notice it here, in the upper lefthand corner.






And one final thing I recently learned how to do. Sometimes it will reference a different diagram.





Just take that FIG number and type it in here and click search.







Voila, now you're at the diagram with the part number.

 

Subbed thanks Randy this will be a handy resource

 

@tcBob a sticky perhaps?

 

I use it on a weekly basis, it's extremely handy. Whether for myself or for helping someone on here.

 

Parts explosions can be a pain to navigate and sometimes hard to find thanks for this

 

Sub

 

Bump for visibility during a high traffic tw time.

 

Is that how they work?

 

Something like that. Though unfortunately for you I don’t think this site is new enough to work for third gens.

 

I was talking about the bumps. Maybe you could write a thread explaining TW tips and tricks.

 

I knew what you were talking about. I was just trying to keep this thread productive DAVE.

 

Then you shouldn't have brought the lair into it!

 

Yeah you’ve got a point

 

Oh my, my first sticky!

 

Good it deserved it. Thanks @tcBob this will be a handy tool and now easier to access.

 

WHAT!?!?! IT'S SOOOO STICKY!!!

 

Found it!!

 

5 minutes after the Lair finds a decent thread..........