Winter D jet tinkering, Are parts still available? Options

[robkammer]

All: Started this morning to get the BB's few quirks figured out while it's still winter. Last year the car ran great, but it had trouble staying running for the first 5 miles or so. Cold start no problems, let it sit and idle for 5 minutes, ls no problem. Once underway, as soon as I let off the pedal, it would want to stall. I was able to get through it by using the hand brake, but that's a pain.
I know I have a bad vacuum valve that is supposed to shut the throttle body down on decel, but I've just plugged it and left it place. If it's not plugged, the open vacuum takes the idle way too high. It's been like that for two years, but not for long if I can find a new one.
The AAR is working but I'm not certain about the Thermotine sender. I'm sure Jeff B or someone smarter than me has the specs to bench test one.
If anyone has suggestions on what might be the problem here, I'm open to all suggestions.
Cheers!
Rob

[robkammer]

Hey Teeners! Hope your weekend is warmer than ours. As I poke through the EFI, I find that the TPS is fine, a nice surprise that it is a new Bosch unit installed in 04, only 7k miles ago. Somewhere I found the test spec for the Thermotime to be at 300 ohms at 65degrees F.
My reading are 8 ohms with the sensor connected or not, and with the key on or off. should I start looking for a replacement? What other options are there if that particular part number is not available.
Rob

[pbanders]

Hey Teeners! Hope your weekend is warmer than ours. As I poke through the EFI, I find that the TPS is fine, a nice surprise that it is a new Bosch unit installed in 04, only 7k miles ago. Somewhere I found the test spec for the Thermotime to be at 300 ohms at 65degrees F.

This is not correct. The thermo sensor should test as a short for temperatures below 32 F, and an open for temperatures above. You can only test the sensor with the connection to the CSV unplugged. Also, is your sensor a thermo sensor (p/n's 311 906 161 A and 311 906 161 C) or is it a thermo-time sensor (p/n 022 906 163 A)? The thermo-time switch has a timer that enables it only for between 5 and 20 seconds of cranking.

My reading are 8 ohms with the sensor connected or not, and with the key on or off. should I start looking for a replacement? What other options are there if that particular part number is not available.
Rob

OK, I've edited this part about 10 times so far, finding I was wrong every time I tried explaining what's going on with a thermo-time switch. Not having access to one doesn't help. I'm going to come back here later when I'm 100% certain of how it works and describe it. Wish me luck.