Where in the hell you been??? Other day was thinking about ya and realized you aint been on here in some time.

Well, since you want to measure at most 10,000 ohms (10K ohms) you need to set the meter on a range that will measure at least that much. So 20,000 is greater than 10,000 so that would be good.

Meters vary in how they show infinite resistance, some have a sidewase "8" for infinity, some flash, etc. To see what your meter does, set it to ohms (any scale) then hold one probe in each hand (i.e the tips apart) and see what the meter says. You can also verify the meter is working properly by touching the tips of the probes together, it should read "0.00" or something like that, short circuit.

One suggestion you might consider is head over to Radio Shack and pick up a resistor or two of some common vallues, like 1000 ohms (1K) and then you can practice taking readings with it. For example on a 200 ohm meter scale, it would read infinite or over-scale, on 2000 ohm scale, it would read 1000 or 1.000 (if it reads in K-ohms), etc. Since you know what resistance it should be, you can verify that you are using and reading the meter properly.

Resistance is probably the hardest thing to measure, if the probes don't make good contact, or the surface is dirty or you have the wrong scale or plug the probes into the wrong terminals on the meter, you'll get a reading of some sort, but its likely to not be the actual reading.

The funny thing is, I'm still getting 19.5 Miles per gallon

Thanks

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87 22RE 5sp Xtra Cab
33's, 4.88's...

Uhh, that's what I get in my '87 4Runner with 4.10's and 33's...

I have a Sunpro Mult-Meter, Measures 2000K, 200K, 20K, 2K, 200, and ->+. I have no clue what "->+" means.

Great Idea on the radio shack purchase. Looks like I'm about to be schooled.

Looks like at the 20K setting, Infinity is "1_."

Ok Bare with me, I could really use the teaching here!

On your website TPS Adjustment for 85-88 year 4cyl.
Test 1 VTA-E2 says 200-800 Ohms My Meter setting should be set to 20K (1*.*** Reading)
When I measure Test 1 My reading (if good) should be 00.500?

Test 2 IDL-E2 says <2.3K My reading (if on 20K) should be Less than 02.300?

Test 3 IDL-E2 says Open My reading will be (1*.***).

Test 4 VTA - E2 says 3.3K-10K My reading should be in the middle.

I think the last time I did this I tried to get TEST 1 to 500 ohms like you recommended.

I will have to go back out there tommorrow and attack it.

Thanks 4Crawler for your patience! If my reply is wrong in any of the readins please correct me!