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Old Oct 25, 2014 | 09:55 PM
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Past feeling stupid changed tps and I can't get it to stop impeading the throttel . The retainer on the tps is rubbing on the screw .


This is the orgionsl tps a different throttle body. Have been using another tps for 6 months the same style . Do I need a different tps for this throttle body?
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Past feeling stupid changed tps and I can't get it to stop impeading the throttel . The retainer on the tps is rubbing on the screw .


This is the orgionsl tps a different throttle body. Have been using another tps for 6 months the same style . Do I need a different tps for this throttle body?
Steve
ground off excess plastic will check in morning and see it that worked.
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ground off excess plastic will check in morning and see it that worked.
Sanded down plastic shaft
Installed set to .54 without a problem. throttle and sensor not hanging up anymore
cranks won't start battery low charging

lots of time to play with it today
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Was curious as to any performance improvement you may have seen with the Throttle body change. Was it worth it?
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