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HEY TURBO2332 THIS IS STEVE. I TALKED FOR A WHILE ON THE PHONE THE OTHER NIGHT ABOUT MY TRANNY. I FINALLY MADE IT ON THIS SITE. SO FAR I LOVE THIS SITE.

ANYWAYS I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ANYONE WHO CAN HELP. I NEED TO CHANGE MY TPS. I WAS TOLD I NEED TO SOME HOW TEST IT. IS THIS TRUE? WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO? OR CAN I JUST SWITCH IT OUT?

PLEASE HELP THANKS.

QUIT YELLING! your hurting our ears. glad you could join us.

For real, he reminds me of my one supervisor. Everything he does is in caps, corporate has gotten on him afew times for his aggressive tone in his e mails lol. I was waiting for him to start mf'in everything like my supervisor too hahahaha

And to be helpful, the TPS doesn't need tested but when it is replaced it needs to be checked and set to spec. What the spec is... Someone else will have to tell you that, and I guess it's pretty common to have to bore out the mounting holes in the TPS to get the desired spec.


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Ok no more yelling. I just wanted to be heard. lol.

Tower ofpower do I have to set it with an ohm meter or what?

I would check voltage frist to see if it needs replaced. Save couple hundred bucks. I checked, cleaned set to proper voltage on mine and it works like brand new. Is worth doing before you buy a new one, just a little time some contact cleaner and some silicone. Check this web page bout half way down.

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ok guys a little more help and advise is needed. I went out and bought a new multimeter and a TPS. Got home and checked the old TPS and it measured 1.45 - 3.65 and the new one measured .28 - 2.88. neither one is what it should be. What do I do?

this guy has some good ideas but i didnt like his test method. he tells you to strip insulation off the wire to attach leads of multimeter. if you do that the only way to reseal the wires without cutting them is electrical tape. (crimp/solder/shrink tubing or shrink butt connectors only way to fix wiring IMO) holes in the insulation even with tape is asking for trouble especially if they put salt on the road where you live.

you could "backprobe" the connector by carefully jamming a fine, but ridgid piece of solid wire (fine paperclip might work but a blunt sewing needle prob better) under the rubber gasket behind the terminals in the plug to get your readings. it will seal again when you take it out as long as you are carefull not to damage the rubber.

my $0.02

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how to backprobe LINKY!

Start by taking your old tps and knock out the two metal set pins. Then drill those holes out as big as you can. Put tps back on and rotate tps toward the firewall for max voltage gain. If that works then get your money back.

You really need to clean frist and then set the voltage. I drilled the holes and set the voltage and still did not shift into OD like it should and would shift out driving on flat ground. So then I cleaned it and reset voltage to .095 and all was good.