RockinRam96
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So, I've researched this a bit multiple times with really no luck to help out my situation. I still have the question of "Is my VP bad or the TPS?" at the end of reading all of these threads.
I bought this truck in December of 2011 to start building into a puller. Last summer was the first summer I had it out and it was a street puller, pretty much stock with a Smarty on it then a Quadzilla. When I fist got the Smarty programmed at level 9 I would get a dead pedal after I made the shift into 6th gear at about 45 mph, under any amount of throttle. So, messing around I turned the Smarty down to level and and the problem went away. Which lead me to believe that my truck didn't like any added timing, resulting int he VP going bad. My uncle had a 2000 auto that the trans had blown up in and I robbed the TPS off of that to try out, and at the time it seemed to be no problem. I didn't even think about checking codes.
I then sold the Smarty to try out a Quadzilla. I never had any issues with the Quadzilla. Fall came and I decided to buy a snow plow for the truck and make some money. Not thinking that I'd pull it with a VP on it again, I sold the Quadzilla. I went all winter without any dead throttle problems. We had a couple days in March, and the truck froze up and died on my way to work.
April came and I was getting my 96 ready to get out of the shop and all of the sudden one day headed to the shop I got a dead throttle as soon as I made the shift into 6th gear. Got to the shop, checked all my battery connections, the TPS connection and fuse box connections. Truck drove home just fine, and make my 60 mile round trip to work and back the next day fine. That next night on my way to the show I got a dead throttle once again, this time bad. So I parked it and got my 96 out. I decide to take it out one day in June, drove about 20 miles with not a single hiccup.
Now I did check the codes when I parked it. It did have two codes that I thought could be an issue. It had an Apps Sensor Voltage low and a charging system voltage low code. My alternator had done a few goofy things throughout the winter, could this be my problem? Or does my problem remain in the TPS or VP?
The truck has 2 brand new batteries, new battery terminal connectors, Raptor 150 idling at 18 psi, and I put electric grease in the TPS connector when I put it back together. The VP is a reman VP from Dodge that was put on before I owned the truck. From what I gather after reading all of these threads and post is that, this is almost a trial and error process, unless you get a VP specific code.
Sorry for the redundant post. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I bought this truck in December of 2011 to start building into a puller. Last summer was the first summer I had it out and it was a street puller, pretty much stock with a Smarty on it then a Quadzilla. When I fist got the Smarty programmed at level 9 I would get a dead pedal after I made the shift into 6th gear at about 45 mph, under any amount of throttle. So, messing around I turned the Smarty down to level and and the problem went away. Which lead me to believe that my truck didn't like any added timing, resulting int he VP going bad. My uncle had a 2000 auto that the trans had blown up in and I robbed the TPS off of that to try out, and at the time it seemed to be no problem. I didn't even think about checking codes.
I then sold the Smarty to try out a Quadzilla. I never had any issues with the Quadzilla. Fall came and I decided to buy a snow plow for the truck and make some money. Not thinking that I'd pull it with a VP on it again, I sold the Quadzilla. I went all winter without any dead throttle problems. We had a couple days in March, and the truck froze up and died on my way to work.
April came and I was getting my 96 ready to get out of the shop and all of the sudden one day headed to the shop I got a dead throttle as soon as I made the shift into 6th gear. Got to the shop, checked all my battery connections, the TPS connection and fuse box connections. Truck drove home just fine, and make my 60 mile round trip to work and back the next day fine. That next night on my way to the show I got a dead throttle once again, this time bad. So I parked it and got my 96 out. I decide to take it out one day in June, drove about 20 miles with not a single hiccup.
Now I did check the codes when I parked it. It did have two codes that I thought could be an issue. It had an Apps Sensor Voltage low and a charging system voltage low code. My alternator had done a few goofy things throughout the winter, could this be my problem? Or does my problem remain in the TPS or VP?
The truck has 2 brand new batteries, new battery terminal connectors, Raptor 150 idling at 18 psi, and I put electric grease in the TPS connector when I put it back together. The VP is a reman VP from Dodge that was put on before I owned the truck. From what I gather after reading all of these threads and post is that, this is almost a trial and error process, unless you get a VP specific code.
Sorry for the redundant post. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I ran that marathon once. Tried everything for two weeks. Bought a VP and ran like a champ.