How to take off TPS??

[DaveC]

Are the bolts? Are they stuns? WTF are they? Help please Tell me how to take off the tps!!!

[AccordEpicenter]

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]

when i was helping a guy polish up some TBs, we drilled the rivets out and put in screws

[SteveDX89]

Find something to grind slots in the rivets. Then you can unscrew it with a flathead screwdriver.

[3gn86lxi]

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]

Theres no other conventional way. Maybe a special tool. lol

[3gn86lxi]

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]

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]

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.

[RobT5580]

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]

i think it should be .5 v closed?

[DaveC]

What do i put touch the multimeter too. Does 0.5 at closed mean at idle?

[SteveDX89]

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]

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.