View Full Version : How to take off TPS??
DaveC
01-18-2005, 12:57 PM
Are the bolts? Are they stuns? WTF are they? Help please Tell me how to take off the tps!!!
AccordEpicenter
01-18-2005, 01:12 PM
try and turn them with some vise grips or somthing... they look like studs or rivets but they have threads and will back out of the body
Vanilla Sky
01-18-2005, 06:29 PM
when i was helping a guy polish up some TBs, we drilled the rivets out and put in screws
SteveDX89
01-18-2005, 06:42 PM
Find something to grind slots in the rivets. Then you can unscrew it with a flathead screwdriver.
3gn86lxi
01-18-2005, 06:54 PM
I used a small hack saw to cut slots in them, then just unscrew em. Once you get them off, replace them with phillips screws.
DaveC
01-18-2005, 10:06 PM
Theres no other conventional way. Maybe a special tool. lol
3gn86lxi
01-18-2005, 10:18 PM
Theres no other conventional way. Maybe a special tool. lol
A dealership may have one, but do you want to pay$65 to have it taken off??
Vanilla Sky
01-18-2005, 11:35 PM
these were built so that if one went bad the entire TB needed replacement, or so i've been told... i would take what's in there out and use screws...
DaveC
01-19-2005, 10:56 AM
Ok reason I was replacing the TPS is becaause my Idle jumps from 1000-1500 when in P and N with my automactic. So I took it to Firestone for a diagnostics check and the Firestone's head mechanic swore it was the Tps but wanted another $220 on top of the $90 I paid for the diagnostics so I was like Funk that.
Thats why I came here and ask the question of the thread. I used a hacksaw to carve a little slot into the rivet and made it so a flathead can fit nicely into it. After about a 1/2 hour in the snow and 20 degee weather i turned the key and BAMMMMM THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. :thumbup:
RobT5580
01-19-2005, 11:42 AM
You cant just slap another TPS on their you have to calibrate the new one with a digital multi meter to a certain spec. The TPS is in a specific location so you can make things worse by doing that without setting the TPS properly. You can find the spec online i dont recall what it was off the top of my head.
AccordEpicenter
01-19-2005, 11:58 AM
i think it should be .5 v closed?
DaveC
01-19-2005, 12:11 PM
What do i put touch the multimeter too. Does 0.5 at closed mean at idle?
SteveDX89
01-19-2005, 12:44 PM
You set it with engine off. The ignition should be on tho. It's .45 - .5 volts when the throttle plate is closed. It should be 4.5 v at WOT.
thegreatdane
01-20-2005, 09:28 AM
It's not your TPS sensor that's causing you trouble. It's your fast idle valve, it's located just to the right of the tps on the back of the manifold.
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