On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:23:45 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, Al
A. quickly quoth:

For starters, My apologies, Jwho, it never occured to me that I was
*bragging* by saying that I got 2 responses from the ford group.
Never looked much there before, but now that I have, I guess I WAS
bragging!


OK, here's the story...
--snip--
But I was still suspicous. I fix electrical/electronic stuff for a
living, and have seen lots of pots measure OK but still fail in use
due to "dead spots" in their range of motion. Particularly with these
sort of position feedback pots that tend to spend much of their lives
moving through only a small percentage of their range. Those can be
difficult to find with an ohmmeter. So I called the local autozone
place, they checked and said the had both parts, so I ran down there.
As it turned out, they didn't *really* have the TP sensor, just the
EGR one. So I plunked down my 28 bucks, and headed to the next parts
place. Got the TP sensor there ($45) came home and when there was a
break in the rain, ran out and installed all of my cool new stuff.

The bottom line is that the truck started up, ran fine and even
idled! In gear, out of gear, a/c running, it still idled. Way cool. I
drove it to work and just around a bit today, and it looks like I got
it.

Mine did, too, after the diag. shop guys checked it out. 3 days
later it screwed up again so I hit the wrecking yard. Fixed!


So I still do not know which of the 2 parts was the culprit. Could
still have been both. I am not really inclined to put one of the old
ones back just for the sake of an experiment. At this point, I am just
glad it runs. But as the TP sensor is harder to change, and it is
ALWAYS the more difficult to get at part that is bad, Larry gets to
say "I told ya so..."

Excellent! g


And, Larry, as to weather Gunner qualifies as "famous" or "infamous"
is a bit of semantics that I REFUSE to get in the middle of!!

Aw, yer just a wuss who splits his infinitives, Al.


Thanks again to all who responded. I appreciate your all taking the
time. like I said, you guys are awesome.

Watch your mailbox for the check for $37.50. That's right, you just
keep watching...

I will, with baited breath. (Something smells fishy about that.)


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