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Does anybody know how Nissan parts treat older stock?

I am trying to get a few parts for my 240k, and i have been told that some of them should still be available from nissan.

I have an old Parts manual which gives me a part number such as 96935-R3700 (rubber gear boot insulator) I spoke to a relatively new nissan spares dealer and they said their nissan warehouse program did not recognise the part number, he tried 5 other part numbers for various parts too.

Does anybody have any insider knowledge in how i should be going about chasing up these parts? or if there are any dealers around willing to go through the pain of tracking down old bits.. or are they just not available after a certain time period (ie. they dump their old stock)

Kent

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Kent, Try Hornsby Nissan, or try talking to Dave at Macarthur Nissan Spare Parts, they are very helpful for me, they can tell you straight up if it exists or is obsolete or it supersedes to something else. Do you have a picture or dimensions or both, maybe we can compare the R30 bits to it.

Cheers, D

Duncan Grand Master

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if you want I can try and look up the part in FAST. I need a VIN# and description of the part I am looking for. But on first glance the part# looks same format to current part numbers.

You could also try contacting slide or similar on the forums and see if they can source the part in japan

YO880 Mentor

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Hi Duncan,

thanks, but the FAST software doesn't go back to the 70's (unless you have one which does, in which case i would be greatly interested :( )

i have the physical parts manual for the car which lists the numbers, but i am not sure how nissan would advertise the superceded numbers etc.

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I spend several hours looking for 70's datsun parts per week. Repco/bursons can get very basic stuff (think wheel cylinders, gasket kits etc), and that's about it. Nissan dealers have generally sucked in my experience, they seem to have a deep-seated loathing of anything more than a ten years old. I'd be combing ebay and importmonster, and join a club like the Nissan Datsun Sports Owner's Club. I can get my mitts on some second-hand 240k bits. PM me if you get really stuck, and Ill see what's in the shed for you.

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I work at a nissan dealership, there are still manuals with all the parts and numbers (and crash repair catalouges) for pretty much every australian delivered datsun, including the old skylines. also can try nissan FAST, im pretty certain I saw the c210 and c110 on there last time i looked.

whether or not you can find any of the parts in stock somewhere is another thing.

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