2000-05 Parts Book

I'm not sure if any one has ever posted a crash book here on this forum for our trucks. If not, enjoy.

 

Edited: This is great and should also be included in the INFO DUMP thread. Post it there as well 1st Gen Tundras Info Dump | Toyota Tundra Forum

 

Good idea however it's closed.

 

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@Outbound ?

 

Shifty can put it in the section where he references all the manuals and whatnot. May also be a good addition to the Toyota parts system guide, could be a good starting place if you have no clue what nomenclature to use.

 

Added link to the 1GT vomit thread, in the references link section, 4th/5th paragraph.

I've never heard of a 'crash book' or seen something like this before. I almost wish there was a digital copy out there, with working links you could click-through to get to different sections. Now I know this term exists, maybe I can use it to google thump a digital copy.

 

I haven't either. What the hell am I looking at here? Required shop time, part numbers, and cost?

 

The term is slang used by insurance auto adjusters. Back when I did estimates there were three companies that had software/books that appraisers would use to write estimates; Mitchell, CCC and ADP. All of this is now digital but you have to have a subscription.

These pages were taken out of a Mitchell "crash book" for Toyotas. I believe it was printed in 2010. They are a great source of information for part names, numbers and provide you an idea of how many parts are in a assembly. Once I bought my 02 RCLB in 2019 I knew that I needed to find a crash book for the truck and I searched ebay for a Toyota estimating guide that included my/our truck. Estimating times are given on remove and replace times, paint and remove and reinstall. Obviously the prices listed are outdated.

I hope this helps.

 

No dice on finding anything digital ... yet. But I did find Mitchell's estimating guide in PDF format which goes through language used in their docs.

 

Shifty,

That provides estimating guidelines on work involving repairs activity. This is a current ebay listing of something similar to what I tore out of my book in 2019 albeit covers more vehicles.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/256057503691

 

To finish this subject:

I now recall that Mitchell was the only company that produced these books. ADP and CCC started by using software. I'm not sure if Mitchell is even in business any more or was swallowed up by one of the other two companies.

Now, the software used by body shops and adjusters today, once you input the VIN will bring up the specific vehicle that you're about to write an estimate on and prices are updated monthly and possibly weekly. It's definitely more advanced. It also alerts the person writing the estimate that "You have reached the Total Loss Threshold" and will order a vehicle evaluation in order to settle the total loss claim. It's based off of their database of vehicle sold recently and can also predict what the salvage value of the vehicle is if the owner wishes to retain the vehicle provided that is allowed in that particular state.

Back in the day, Each adjuster carried around 10-15 of these books in their truck which resembled a phone book. Now it's all on laptops.

 

I just imagined what the hell it was like to carry all this with me. Now you can find your car in a couple of clicks and you don’t have to scroll through the search for half a day. At school I took these books to literature classes, and we were still preparing for the review of the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”, trying to understand what happened a hundred years ago. Well, at least now this hell is behind us, and we can explore it all right from the comfort of our chair, through sites like https://edubirdie.com/examples/to-kill-a-mockingbird/ with a laptop on our laps! Definitely more convenient than lugging around a whole heap of paper trash. Technology changes everything, we keep up with the times and why do we need these relics?