has anyone used a single 1157 taillight bulb to make a tps tester i made one and it worked once sort of it flickered but now it wont work at all just wondering if anyone else has tryed this because i am trying to adjust my tps and my light will not come on and both tps's test good with a ohm meter any help would be gratly appericaited
thanks
eric

 

eric, i've always used 194 bulbs. the connector i used was from a parts car and was a carb part i believe. i personally think that an 1157 is too large of a bulb for a tps adjustment light.

 

that's what i was wondering if they were too big and would draw too much current to light none the less not work thanks.
eric

 

maybe not too much current, just too bulky for my personal taste.

 

so i got some different bulbs and so one will come on but only one no matter what i do the bulb that is connected to the white and black wire will not light ever even if i push the plunger in out. any suggestions.

eric

 

ok so i was trying to ajust my tps and i cant get both lights to light up no matter what i do the bulb connected to the white and black wire on the green plug will not light i tryed to switch tps and test light but the black and white wire seems to be dead any suggestion to fix or trouble shoot.
eric

 

Try changing the wires around on your tps test setup where you have the 2 going into one feed. `1157 is a dual filament bulb or single? Sounds like the wiring on your tester isn't setup right. Got a picture of it?

 

its not the test wiring i know it has to be on the car and i cant get the light connected to the black and white wire to light sooo anoying probably reason first test light did not work help someone please.
eric

 

test your lights first on the battery. Do they both light up?

 

yep did that
eric

 

the only other thing I can think of is that maybe the green test plug is dirty. you said you tested 2 tps's with an ohm meter and they bothe checked out ok right? Hopefully RotaryDoctor will see your post soon. I just made my test light to check my tps last night. I turned the screw all the way in, hooked up my test light and then started adjusting the screw counterclockwise and kept going till I got 1 light. Good luck.

 

so you had two lights when depressed tps completlely or when not depressed

 

When I turned the tps adjustment screw all the way down and hooked up my tester to the green check plug ( after the car was warmed up ), both lights were on and then I started adjusting it counterclock wise till I had only 1 light on.

 

What procedure are you using to adjust your tps? The first time I tried I forgot to turn off the engine each time. Check out this doc that I use to solve any idle problem with my SE, the TPS adjustment info is near the bottom..

http://www.nellump.net/peri/epi/firs...gslseIdle.html

 

i have checked and checked and i still am not able to get this damn thing to work right does it matter what bulbs used? has anyone had a problem with using the wrong bulbs???
eric

 

12v bulb is a 12v bulb, unless you use a headlight, lol.

 

so its not the bulbs i was hoping that anyone would know if there is a way to fix this. thanks
eric