throttle position sensor stuck

urban96

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Well i bought a bbk 65mm TB and while i was taking the sensors and stuff off the stock TB i stripped the screws on the throttle position sensor. I had a good screwdriver that fit in there fine but those screws didnt wanna budge. My car has about 126,000miles on it now and i called a few places for a new TPS and i got prices ranging from 30 to $40. Is this a part that i should just drill out the screws and reuse the stock one or just buy a new one

 

GTPhreak

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just drill the screws

 

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I cut slots in screws with a dremel tool and used a regular screwdriver to back them out. That's another option.

 

Rootus

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Vice grips.

 

urban96

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*update*

well i got the TPS sensor off by drilling out the heads of the screws and got everything installed w00t

now my only problem is i have a slight hanging idle at about 2,000 rpms (itll drop down fast till it hits 2grand hten it goes down slow) and also my idle is now at about 1,000 whitch isnt really a problem since i wanted to turn up my idle a bit anyways. would adjusting the TPS voltage help with the hanging rpm's?

 

urban96

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well i got it as good as i think im gonna get it, runs a lot better now. what i did was turned the adjusting screw all the way in then backed it out about 1 - 1&1/4 turns

the screw i adjusted

 

SN95StangMan

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I thought you said it was 65mm

 

urban96

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it is, i found that pic when i was doing some research

 

jermy82

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If you have any more problems, do check the TPS voltage. Get it as close to 1 as you can without going over (.99 or whatever). I never got mine to idle quite right with my 65mm till I did that. Hope it stays fine for you though.