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Re: [T3] Mistake I made with the Throttle Position Sensor - options?


On 20 Jun 2003 at 16:24, Jim Adney wrote:

> On 20 Jun 2003 at 13:16, Edward Morris wrote:
> 
> > Last night I removed my 1969 Fastback's Cold Start
> > solenoid and Cold Start sensor.  
> 
> > What's my best option?
> > 
> > 1)  Try to reinsert the two wires into that little
> > plastic connector? If so, does their relative
> > positioning matter?
> 
> You can probably just reinsert them. Note the little locking tabs and that those
> tabs must face a certain direction to lock in the connector body. In this sense
> the positioning matters. Other than that, on a 69 TPS it doesn't matter which
> terminal goes in which hole.
> 
> > 3)  If left unrepaired (infinite resistance) - will
> > the computer think that my throttle is fully open or
> > fully closed? 
> 
> The choices are fully closed and not fully closed. I'll have to check tonight to
> see which way it works.

The switch is closed (connections shorted together) when the throttle is 
closed.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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