I just tried to order a bolt, 91619-61245 to be precise, which is the lower bolt on the starter in my HDJ81. My local dealer, who is always been a friend to the cruiser heads in our area, pulled it up and his computer spat back “land cruiser specific, not ordereable”. (Not an exact quote.) Both of us said WTF?! So I grabbed the vin off a friend’s 2000 Camry, which uses this bolt on the bell housing, and walked him through the diagrams to it. Guess what, computer says the same thing. So, you can’t order Camry parts in Canada, if they also fit an LC?
My pet theory is that the 2-3 Toyota dealers in Canada who have a special exclusive arrangement with Mr. T to sell brand new 70 series trucks, converted for mine use, must have written a nasty gram to Toyota due to other dealers selling parts to their customers without the heinous markup they normally enjoy. So someone in Toyota said “make that stop”, an order which was implemented with a simple database query for parts used on LCs without thought to how many parts, like my bolt, which are used throughout the Toyota lineup and over decades.
I assume this situation will quickly be resolved for the poor Camry owners, but I’m concerned that it will be permanent for actual LC parts that are not used on anything sold in Canada.
Does anyone know anything about this? Go try to order something, for sun…
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