I'm installing a new throttle body this evening, and was wondering if the only way to set the TPS is with a voltmeter. I don't think I have one. Is there some other way to do it?
Adjusting TPS
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Rootus
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Unless you have swapped your EEC to an A9L, there is no point in adjusting the TPS because it is baselined by the EEC on startup.
Dave
Dave
Okay new problem, how the heck am I supposed to get the two screws out of the module on the stock throttle body? They won't come out for anything!
They're stripped, is there any other way to get that thing off, or is there somewhere I can buy one?
i went to pepboys and they wanted $30 for a new one 
so i drilled the heads off the screws and got some new screws to hold the TPS to my new TB
so i drilled the heads off the screws and got some new screws to hold the TPS to my new TB
Rootus
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I'm gonna try using some screw extractors that my friend has. He said they work pretty well at getting stripped screws out. If that doesn't work then I'll try and drilling out the old screws. Maybe then I can get that sensor off. Oh, and that last post was by my friend, he didn't see I had already asked about it. lol
urban96 said:i went to pepboys and they wanted $30 for a new one
Do you happen to have the part# for it in case I need a new one?
mo_dingo
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I remember them being a real pain to get out. You need to push really hard when you are turning the screwdriver, or else you will strip it worse.
Once you do get them out, take them down to Ace hardware and get some that are the same thread pattern, but have a hex head instead. That is what I did.
You can also try to chisel a pattern into the screw to get them out easier, like a simple standard screwdriver.
After that, try easy out. After that, grind the head off, slide the TPS off, and get vise grips on the screws and back them out.
Scott
Once you do get them out, take them down to Ace hardware and get some that are the same thread pattern, but have a hex head instead. That is what I did.
You can also try to chisel a pattern into the screw to get them out easier, like a simple standard screwdriver.
After that, try easy out. After that, grind the head off, slide the TPS off, and get vise grips on the screws and back them out.
Scott
Rootus
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If yours is like mine, the bolt heads already stick up enough to get a pair of visegrips on. Trust me, it's the easiest way (and if they are as tight as mine were, about the only way...)
ive used vicegrips on motorcycle carb bowl screws, it is the only way to get them out when they start to seize.
i like to use an impact driver on the screws (not an air tool; it is a screwdriver that you hammer on. when you hammer, it twists the screw out).
works well in such situations and the bits that come with decent impact drivers are very good and tend to not strip the heads so easily. i dont use the hammer on the screws - but the tool fits nice in the hand and gives you lots of torque.
i like the vice grips idea, in your situation. get them so you can barely clamp them.
also, fox EEC's zero out the TPS baseline, supposedly.
i like to use an impact driver on the screws (not an air tool; it is a screwdriver that you hammer on. when you hammer, it twists the screw out).
works well in such situations and the bits that come with decent impact drivers are very good and tend to not strip the heads so easily. i dont use the hammer on the screws - but the tool fits nice in the hand and gives you lots of torque.
i like the vice grips idea, in your situation. get them so you can barely clamp them.
also, fox EEC's zero out the TPS baseline, supposedly.
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