Dr Honda
Well-Known Member
A couple thoughts....
1) Yes... it's like a rheostat from a model slot car.
2) The foil on the edge is a shield, and not the conductor.
3) The conductor is in the base, and it's what the little copper contacts slide on. I've often thought about drilling a couple small holes in a dead one... and spraying contact cleaner in it.
4) Looking at your fist pic... you have the meter on 20,000 ohm scale. That's a 12 ohm TPS. SO... it may not know what to do with a signal that is so far out of scale. You should have checked it on the 200 ohm scale.
Regardless... thanks for posting the cut open TPS. FYI... if you look for the old version... it will work. The only difference was the plug. (but you can swap it out with your old one) If you look on ebay... I've seen new old stock TPS go for as little as $65. DO NOT BUY A USED ONE!!!!!!!!!
1) Yes... it's like a rheostat from a model slot car.
2) The foil on the edge is a shield, and not the conductor.
3) The conductor is in the base, and it's what the little copper contacts slide on. I've often thought about drilling a couple small holes in a dead one... and spraying contact cleaner in it.
4) Looking at your fist pic... you have the meter on 20,000 ohm scale. That's a 12 ohm TPS. SO... it may not know what to do with a signal that is so far out of scale. You should have checked it on the 200 ohm scale.
Regardless... thanks for posting the cut open TPS. FYI... if you look for the old version... it will work. The only difference was the plug. (but you can swap it out with your old one) If you look on ebay... I've seen new old stock TPS go for as little as $65. DO NOT BUY A USED ONE!!!!!!!!!