RJR

Jenny alluded to this earlier, but you need to get into the cabin, pull off the right kick panel and find the ECU. Put a multimeter from ground to pin 11 (VTA) of the ECU. With the ignition on but the engine not running, slowly move the accelerator from idle to full open and watch the meter. The voltage should go smoothly from 0 to 5 volts. If it doesn't, you have faulty wiring between the TPS and the ECU, or a faulty TPS. My guess is that you'll see the voltage stuck close to ground.

If either the VCC wire or the ground wire is open between the TPS and the ECU, the TPS signal will be stuck at Gnd or +5V, respectively. If this happens the ECU will be totally confused about what's going on. When you pull the TPS plug off, the TPS signal is pulled to about +2.5 volts by resistors internal to the ECU, allowing the engine to run reasonably, if not optimally.

If the voltage is correct but the engine won't run with the TPS connected, it's possible the ECU is the problem. They rarely fail, but this could be one of those times.

924runner17

Im not too good with electrical, so is there a blown out diagram of the terminals? The ECU is almost brand new so im thinking that isnt the problem but i will indeed check.

RJR

Here's a pinout for a '95. Yours should be similar, I would think. Terminal VTA is the output of the TPS. Terminal E1 is ground.