Making sense of Toyota part numbers

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Many of the parts in the part number diagrams are labeled with what appear to be incomplete part numbers. For example, in the diagram, the clutch cover is labeled as 31210 but the complete part number is 31210-36330. How does one derive the second set of numbers to complete the PN?
 
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I will ask my parts guy today since I will be stopping there today for more parts.
 
1st 5 of the # are the catagory/sub system/group or whatever its called, the last 5 will identify the part of that sub system. So 31210 would prolly be the clutch group .

I am sure someone in the parts biz will explain better
 
The logic for Toyota part numbers is like this (generally, with some exceptions):

1. First five digits is the component or system area that you are dealing with so in your example 31210 is a part number category that generally corresponds to the first 5 digits of a ten digit Toyota part number (PNC as we call it). These correspond most of the time, but there are sometimes where the PNC number is not the same as the first 5 digits of the ten digit number.

2. 2nd set of 5 numbers indicates the vehicle usage and indicates generational aspects of the part number (engineering changes, supplier changes, etc) (ie: -6, -61, -66, -90, -17, -54 indicate Land Cruisers). You sometimes also have applicability of numbers across vehicles (in the case of tools and oil filter etc.).

3. Sometimes you have a -77, -83, -84, -C0, etc placed after the ten digit number and those suffixes indicate things like "remanufactured, locally sourced, or color codes.

So a good example of a Land Cruiser number: 16110-61081-77: (water pump for a late 2F): Notice, for example, that the PNC is actually "16100" but the actual part for the water pump is "16110".

Hope that helps.
 
That does help, but I guess what I'm really wondering is: is it possible to derive a complete part number (such that I could call up and say send me PN blah blah blah and get the right part) by looking at the part number diagram since some parts are labeled with a full PN and others are not?
 
If you have access to a complete EPC, yes, you should have no problems deriving the entire part number.

Some sites do not give you entire part number but only portions of them.

No sites will show you part supersessions because that is live information being update by TMC directly.
 
get a good parts guy.....like Beno or Dan or someone you can train ;)

That does help, but I guess what I'm really wondering is: is it possible to derive a complete part number (such that I could call up and say send me PN blah blah blah and get the right part) by looking at the part number diagram since some parts are labeled with a full PN and others are not?
 
Although not from the same vehicle series, I believe the original poster is referring to this situation.

1977 Ehaust System Resized.webp

For example, in the above diagram, "Muffler" is only labelled as part number 17510. So are these the first five digits or the last five digits of the part number? And how does one go about finding the missing 5 digits?

I too would like to know the answer to this question.

Thanks.

1977 Ehaust System Resized.webp
 
That's the first five digits (which is also called a PNC).

The whole part number: 17501-61021

Notice that the first 5 digits in the 10 digit part number do not correspond with the PNC. That's the difference that makes it tough to decipher some things to folks new to the Toyota Part Numbering system or to folks with out EPC access.

Hope that helps.
 
It helps? Yes and No.

So, what you are saying is that from this diagram alone, which I got off of the Internet, there is no way of knowing the complete part number. Correct?
 
If you have access to a complete EPC, yes, you should have no problems deriving the entire part number.

Some sites do not give you entire part number but only portions of them.

No sites will show you part supersessions because that is live information being update by TMC directly.
Sorry to re-bump this, but toyo DIY is *not* the complete EPC I'm presuming? It is quite extensive though and for most instances gives the correct results.
 
For completeness.. from a nuts and bolts perspective the part number often gives the thread and fastener length details.. I have some images here that are useful for decoding those.

 

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