Has anyone heard of a company called "Amayama"? I was searching the internet for a crankshaft oil seal collar for my '83 Nissan/Datsun Sentra and a little surprisingly actually found a source for it. Their warehouses are in Japan, Australia, and UAE. They have parts listed for many Japanese makes. I skimmed through their Tercel listings and most said for '84-87' . Some of the parts are listed for 3A-U engine though and I don't know what the difference is from the other engines. Even if a part is listed as available they do an availability check before procesing your payment as sometimes their inventory list is not up to date. I ordered the part on 11/23, the availability check took about two days to finalize, I received the part on 12/2. They sent me frequent updates on the status of my order so I didn't find myself wondering if things were going fine. They will not take returns if you made a mistake in the part you ordered so be sure it's what you want if you ever order from them.
Shipping was of course expensive. For my $12.00 (rounded up) part that weighed a little less than 1.5 ounces I paid $20.00 in shipping. So costs for heavier items might be prohibitive but it was worth it to me to get what hopefully was the last part I needed to get the car back together and find out if it is still operable.
A potential source for hard to find new parts.
A potential source for hard to find new parts.
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Re: A potential source for hard to find new parts.
I forgot to do a search before I posted that. I just did one and I see some people tried them and didn't actually find the Tercel parts they wanted.
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Re: A potential source for hard to find new parts.
amayama sources parts directly from the oem. if the oem doesnt have it, then they cant get it. i tried using them to get headliner clips, screws, etc. and all they could source were the screws.
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