Throttle position sensor

shurb125 · January 10th, 2008, 11:00 PM

I went to put my old sensor off of my 55mm throttle body onto a new 70mm BBK/Edelbrock throttle body and the holding point on the inside of the TPS are not catching the 'flat stem,' the rod that actually moves the butterfly on the new throttle body. It seems that the old TB's flatened part of the rod is slightly wider than the new one, what do I need to do, get a new TPS? Are they all made the same size?

1slo5.0 · January 10th, 2008, 11:37 PM

Can you post a picture? It should be identical to the factory throttle body. If not you might have a defective piece. What do the instructions say?

JBIGBOOTSY · January 11th, 2008, 12:21 AM

get an 5.0 explorer tps, they seat deeper, and are longer than the fox tps.

shurb125 · January 11th, 2008, 08:27 AM

The witdths of the flattened part of the butterfly rod are slightly different and I believe that's where the problem lies the difference will not allow the TB rod to catch the fingers that are on the inside of the TPS. I don't have any instructions I bought the TB off ebay. I'll try and get a picture today if possible.

shurb125 · January 11th, 2008, 07:20 PM

Does anyone have any insightful info???

tehdwarvenn · January 11th, 2008, 11:14 PM

off of ebay. was it from a person or from a company?.. cause if it was a person, hes probably selling it for the same problem you had =)

shurb125 · January 12th, 2008, 10:36 AM

You can tell that it was used and it dosen't seem abused. And it was from an individual.

January 10th, 2008, 11:00 PM	#1
shurb125 Regular 1993 Mustang LX Vert Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 437 iTrader: 0 reviews	Throttle position sensor I went to put my old sensor off of my 55mm throttle body onto a new 70mm BBK/Edelbrock throttle body and the holding point on the inside of the TPS are not catching the 'flat stem,' the rod that actually moves the butterfly on the new throttle body. It seems that the old TB's flatened part of the rod is slightly wider than the new one, what do I need to do, get a new TPS? Are they all made the same size?

January 10th, 2008, 11:37 PM	#2
1slo5.0 MM Ninjas! 1990 Mustang LX 9.36@143 mph Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Posts: 11,375 iTrader: 1 reviews	Can you post a picture? It should be identical to the factory throttle body. If not you might have a defective piece. What do the instructions say? __________________ My daily driver has 16 cylinders and 4400hp @ 1000 rpm.... ***1988 Mustang GT - Stock....almost

January 11th, 2008, 12:21 AM	#3
JBIGBOOTSY MM Fanatic 1990 LX hatch Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hobart Indiana Posts: 4,392 iTrader: 0 reviews	get an 5.0 explorer tps, they seat deeper, and are longer than the fox tps. __________________ Bolt-on Abraham Lincoln Log motor. With extra wiring.

January 11th, 2008, 11:14 PM	#6
tehdwarvenn Regular Join Date: May 2007 Location: Columbia SC Posts: 301 iTrader: 0 reviews	off of ebay. was it from a person or from a company?.. cause if it was a person, hes probably selling it for the same problem you had =) __________________ 1993 Mustang GT, catless h-pipe, bbk shorties, 40 series flows, bbk rear suspension, edelbrock front suspension, AUTOLITES!!! =), k&n, underdrives, 3.73's

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January 11th, 2008, 08:27 AM	#4
shurb125 Regular 1993 Mustang LX Vert Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 437 iTrader: 0 reviews	The witdths of the flattened part of the butterfly rod are slightly different and I believe that's where the problem lies the difference will not allow the TB rod to catch the fingers that are on the inside of the TPS. I don't have any instructions I bought the TB off ebay. I'll try and get a picture today if possible.

January 11th, 2008, 07:20 PM	#5
shurb125 Regular 1993 Mustang LX Vert Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 437 iTrader: 0 reviews	Does anyone have any insightful info???

January 12th, 2008, 10:36 AM	#7
shurb125 Regular 1993 Mustang LX Vert Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 437 iTrader: 0 reviews	You can tell that it was used and it dosen't seem abused. And it was from an individual.

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