I had my cp3 replaced yesterday and was looking at my buddys truck and noticed mine does not have this (in yellow circle) anybody know what that is and why mine is not there?

 

that is one of the three possible setups for an 04.5 tps, throttle position sensor, talk about a nightmare for after market suppliers, I thought ford was the only one that messed around with parts bin clearing duringh a model year......

 

I'm glad the '05 and up are drive-by-wire throttles!

 

Yours is going to be over under the drivers side battery. This is the setup they used for the 6 speed trucks normally.

 

???, if the '05 up are any different, isn't it just a difference in the type of sensor for the acellerator pedal position?

 

There's no throttle cable.

 

you have a stick, he has a auto.

 

Reverse that and that would explain it, mines a 6 speed his is a auto, thanks everyone for clearing that up.....

 

Mine is a 6 speed 04.5 and it does NOT have one.

Just a mid model year change. Nothing to worry about.

Be glad you dont have one!! They are a pain if they go bad and expensive to boot!

 

My '99 47re had one and so does the current '03 48re.

 

My 04.5 has that set up. Is there any way to convert it to the newer fly by wire?

 

There have been 3 different types of APPS used depending on year and transmission. One is one the engine like the pictures, another goes under the driver's battery tray and the newest is mounted to the accelerator pedal itself and is drive-by-wire.

 

Technically all 3 are drive by wire. The throttle cable only goes to the sensor, if the sensor is mounted at the pedal then no throttle cable. The throttle cable does not control anything more than an electrical sensor that then tells the engine computer what to do with the other functions. So any 3rd gen is really drive by wire.

 

These are just semantics; no throttle cable = drive by wire in the vernacular.

 

I realise this.But, can you change the old one out for the new one in the cab?I need to make room for my 2 mic. fuel filter,& this thing is in the way.