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To Retrofit a TPS to a Carburetor for use with the Baumannator TCS I recommend one of the following sensors:
You will also need a 3 wire weatherpack connector to plug into the sensor. The pin locations on the connector are labeled A, B, and C. Connect them as follows:
A = TPS Voltage (TCS pin 14, Green Individual Wire)
B = Sensor Ground (TCS pin 17, Black Wire in Large Unified Cable)
C = Reference Voltage (TCS pin 15, Orange Individual Wire)
Before mounting the TPS to the car, you will need to drill a small hole in the TPS lever (details in the next section). I chose to mount my TPS to an empty intake manifold bolt on my 1966 Mustang. I used a simple corner brace from a local hardware store. I had to drill out one hole in the corner brace to match the size of the available bolt on my intake manifold. I used one of the existing holes in the upper end of the brace to mount the TPS to the bracket with a machine screw and nut. Just using one of the mounting holes seems to work fine. I did use some toothed washers under the screw and nut to help deter any rotation since I was only using one of the two holes in the TPS. The sensor is mounted so that the TPS lever is roughly parallel to the carburetor lever. The rod you see in the picture is the throttle rod on the early mustang, later models will have a cable.
Drill a small hole in the TPS lever. Attach one end of a relatively stiff extension spring to the hole in the lever, the other end of the extension spring will be used to attach a piece of bead chain to link the TPS to the carb lever. The extension spring is used to prevent damage to the TPS in the event of overtravel, under normal operation the spring will not stretch. If you are sure the TPS will not overtravel, you can omit the spring, and connect the bead chain directly to the TPS lever. Connect the other end of the bead chain to the carb lever. If no hole is available that will give adequate travel, you can carefully add one by drilling the lever. Be sure to collect all the shavings from any drilling done on the car. If the carburetor is removed from the car for drilling be sure to carefully cover any areas of the carburetor that metal shavings could enter. The pictures below show the overall linkage, and a close up of both ends of the linkage.
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Last updated on June 28, 2004
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