Fuel Pumps-Anyone who has bought a new one?

Reply #60 – January 24, 2011, 01:49:07 AM

Quote from: jpc647;350382

Now when checking stuff, can you point me to the link in your DIY that shows a person how to properly adjust the TV cable. I see a couple different threads and it seems to be a case by case scenario. Is there a general procedure? Not out of the manual? The one in the manual was done on my car.

Maybe I'll have to take it to a tranny shop? I know there is a ford replacement for the grommet, I have to find that too. Would an out of adjustment(slightly) TV cable cause a check engine light of any kind?

its V8Demon's thread, it was not really all that hard, just pry the lock tap, grab the cable and pull slack out, then relock. 2 minutes tops to adjust.

your tps may have come from vinnie or god but if you dont measure it using an buttstuffog meter and slowwwwwly rotate the inside while watching the meter for a needle deflection, then you dont really know if its good or not.
set meter to R x 1
touch red and black lead together
zero out your needle to zero ohms.
unplug tps harness
hook your meter up to the black and green wire of the TPS and set your meter to R x 10 or the next lower scale.
rotate the tps slowly and watch the resistance change(ie- open slowly your throttle body)
do the rotation slowly,,,very slowly
any deflection means you do not have good contact.

do the same test with your meter on the green to org wire.

all this can be done on the car with the tps still mounted.

next time you get a chance, bust open a tps,, the variable resistance part is just a piece of plastic with a carbon layer in the middle.
the wiper arm (green wire) is just that , a tiny arm with a brush that rubs the plastic carbon film.