Used lower knuckle for the tilt / tilt away steering column found in the Mercury Cougar or Ford Mustang. This unit will not interchange with the 1967 tilt / tilt away. This is because the center hole on the 1967 unit is round where this 1968-69 version is elongated.
Ford part number for this part can be either: C8ZZ-3D651-A or C9ZZ-3D651-A. No actual Ford casting number other than 45122. In most cases it will have a damaged bumper or a missing white bumper.
There is an active thread on the Classic Cougar Community Forum discussing tilt columns and trouble shooting.
*NOTE* For tilt column service, you can contact Tony Augustine at 6t8cougarguy@gmail.com. Tony is a trusted colleague of WCCC and we've sent many customers his way since our column specialist retired last year.
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