How many of you 12V owners have had to replace your TPS?

Cin

 

I havent turned in my TPS reports yet today, I hate these things.

 

Did you get the memo?

 

I am not sure which memo you talkin about did I need to get it??? hurry because I got to go meet with the Bob's in a min

 

I have.. trans was acting very funny searching for gears at a certain throttle position.. changed it and everything was good... $162 bucks at NAPA

 

Was it a pain in the butt to change out?
Thank you Cin

 

I have!

Not really a pain, but you need to be able to juggle 3 parts at once, took probably all of 10 min. the first time, could do it in much less the next I think. 6 MM socket if IIRC.

My local parts stores were all higher then list at the dealership, so I found it online for 166 and then beat up my buddy the dealer, got it for 155.

The part number for my 97 is 04874412 if that is any help.

 

hi
replaced mine with a napa one $200.00 - lasted 4mo @*#&$^%

cleaned the old one , now it workes perfect !

napa gave me another one and i put it in the glove box for safe keeping !

 

I had to replace these cheap plastic TPS's bout evey 50000 miles until I took one apart and found out how to clean them.....now I've been running the same one almost 2 years and only needed to reclean it once

 

ok guys get these i checked the voltage on mine annd it was.364 how culd it get so low its a 1995

 

Loosen the mounting bolts, turn the TPS as far counter-clockwise as you can and tighten the bolts. Re-check your voltage. If it's still low you can remove the metal bushings in the holes and file the holes out a bit to let it turn more. If you do remove the bushings, be careful not to overtighten the bolts or the TPS will bind.

Oh BTW, I did replace mine once. Cheapest place was at the dealer buying it through work.

 

well see i tried adusting it like that and it changed to like .450 so i took the bolts out and i had to turn it abou3/4 of the way around to reach 1.2v

 

hello;
I was just quoted $265 at the dealer
My truck is paid for. I don't want to take out a loan to fix it!
Does the potentiometer trick work on second gen 12 valve rigs?
Oh yeah, for those who have done it. How much did you enlarge the holes on the TPS? 5/16"?

 

Did you check voltage at WOT? Here are some good instructions for testing and adjusting the TPS. http://www.dodgeram.org/tech/transmi...TPS_adjust.htm

I used a small round file and slotted the holes a bit.

 

Remember to check the sensitivity of the stoplight switch before looking into the TPS.