well, if anyone is interested, is seems there was a crack in a heater hose, a different hose from the other one, that would spray a jet of coolant right at the harness for that thing, and only when the engine was revved up. i think. i guess the moral of this story is.. once one or two hoses...

well i just changed it again today, and just like the last 2 times.. problem solved for now. although next time i might try disconnecting the battery to reset the computer first. this time i used an american made one from napa and taped up the harness real good with electrical tape. originally...

oh ya, 5.8L.

Greetings! This is my first post here. I have a '92 250 van that i take real good care of, more frequently than i would like. The TPS has failed 3 times in a month, and I wonder if its from cheap chinese replacement parts, or some other underlying problem or short thats killing this thing...