Please Note:
Many used items in our picture(s) have been cleaned and/or bead blasted prior to being photographed to show condition and detail. The item you receive, in most circumstances, will be pulled from the donor car and shipped to you without being cleaned. We do not retake pictures each time a used item sells. Pictures are a good indicator of what you will receive, but not all used parts age the same. On high dollar parts, email us and we can send a few pictures of the actual part available.
"Core" Items: If we use the word "Core" in the title of the product, the item has been deemed rebuildable, but has not been rebuilt. The item you receive, in most circumstances, will be pulled from the donor car and shipped to you without being cleaned.
This product has received the 'Crappy Product' certificate.
Items that receive the 'Crappy Product' certificate are products that we carry for comparison purposes as they are often the version offered by other vendors or because it is the only version available. We would not be willing to use these parts on our own cars, and we do not recommend purchasing these parts.
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCEPT RETURNS FOR THESE PARTS.
Product Condition Grades
Below is a general description of what the criteria is for our product condition grades. These are generalizations that are intended to give you an idea of the condition of the product at a quick glance. Because different parts degrade at different rates, there are variances in what the letters represent, please see the products description for details about the condition of any particular product.
A = Excellent / Above Average
B = Average / Some flaws / Good to Excellent Driver Quality
C = Obvious flaws / Poor to Average Driver Quality
D, E, F = Worse, Worser, Worsest
Used shutoff valve for the headlight vacuum system of all 1969-70 Mercury Cougars. Also found on 1969-70 Ford and Mercury full sized cars with hidden headlights. Additionally these were also used on 1969-70 midsized Ford and Mercury such as Torino, Cyclone, also with hide away headlamps. This is a black plastic shutoff switch or connector, 1969 cars used a white valve that crumbled from the under hood heat. Note that the indicator tabs perpendicular to the lines means 'open'. Turning the valve in-line with the vacuum hoses turns it off.
Replaces Ford part number D0AZ-13A169-A.
*Installation Tip - This valve is indexed, it has HL and C noted on the bottom. HL is towards the headlights. The tips are also color coded as shown in the picture and those colors indicate which hose with the colored stripe goes on each line.