I promise I'm not doing this to increase my post count... BUT, I just got back from a 30 minute in town drive without the flare. I'm cautiously optimitstic (To quote mr. Greenspan) but I must have taken a quart and a half of extra fluid out of the tranny, And loosened the band up one more time (strangely ending up where the manual tells you to) and it drove like a champ. Now I'm going to have a beer!

Secondly... I was looking at the TPS and if I had to guess I'd say it's ultrasonicly welded together. There's a tiny vent hole in the area of the electrical contacts. but other than that it looks hermetically sealed. and it looks like the body is glass filled nylon which is reasonably tough stuff. More reports as events warrant.

Collins