Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Have a look at the Nissan4U online parts catalogue.
Although it does not cover all the Patrol engine variants that we have in SA (it is European based), it still is very useful.

WOW! Gerrit, that should make life much easier in that one can do your homework before actually going to the dealers and returning empty handed. One can now at least phone up-front to enquire about stock and at least point the salesperson in the right direction to identify parts...
Some of the other vehicle makes keeps this info closely guarded and you actually have to pay as a service agent to have access to the parts info...

Great find!

Agreed! That is a cool site!

Here is another one: http://www.japancars.ru/cat/nissan/

The website is Russian, so just use Google Translate or open it in Google Chrome and let it translate the pages automatically.

Here is a sample parts book illustration from the website:



The blue parts codes on the illustrations on the website are live links that open up the details of the actual part numbers and their applicability to different models. The data in the system is clearly from the Nissan FAST system that the dealers use, but it is actually much more user friendly...