Throttle valve switch woes..., little to no idle... Options

[stateofidleness]

to precede.... i have an idle issue where the car either has VERY low idle (like 200, or 100) or no idle at all (tach won't even move). also, once i drive the car for a few minutes, whenever i have to go back into first, it just dies.. does not return to idle..

with that said, i've been directed to check the TPS or Throttle valve switch..

finally found the switch, and using the Pelican tech article ive gotten to the point where i connect common to common (middle prong) and positive to "idle" prong.

..and... shouldn't it give me a reading?? i have it set to audible (the ohm meter) and i hear nothing once the two connections are made.. i even tried either side of the common prong to make sure it was on the right one...

does this mean dead TPS? i know they're NLA and i don't really want to fork out the $$ to fix it as the car is for sale.. is there a way to keep my idle normal and still keep it drivable? dying at every stop sign or intersection takes all the fun out of 914 ownership as you can imagine..

[stateofidleness]

dumb question, but i should adjust the idle screw while the car is on right?

what i did was set the TPS in the "middle" and put it all back together.. then with the car idling (which was up at like 2k!) i adjusted the screw which seemed to help.. got it to around 1k 1100 range. the tach seems to "jump" around though... sometimes it'll flick up to like 1300 for a sec or dip below 1k..

not sure if this is related.. but if im at a stop sign, and go into 3rd by mistake, instead of 1st and try to take off.. the car dies.. wouldn't it just rev high instead of dying?

also, the hose that plugs directly into the U-shaped plastice intake tube seems pretty loose... has like a metal tapered end on it.. anyway to tighten that up?