lol makes sense. its not a cheapo meter its a craftsman but I think its more of a general type of multimeter. anyhow I should go get one for my toolkit. btw after doing more searching and what not about the clockspring it does exhibit more of the symptoms. you have to hit the horn just right for it to work however my airbag light is not on. I am more concerned about fixing the idling issues mostly b/c its killing my gas mileage. from the writeup I saw on replacing the clockspring it looks fairly straight forward. You think a parts store will have the steering wheel puller?

 

Should have provided you with these diagrams to begin with...

TPS connector pin-out. View looking at the body harness connector. You can see the pin socket that carries the 5 volt supply voltage.



View of the Junction Block below. If you think the clockspring is giving you problems through the horn relay control coil circuit, you can pull the horn relay; this will remove any 12 volts bleeding through this circuit and through the clockspring to the cruise control clockspring circuit to the PCM, then to the 5 volt supply voltages...

Remove the cover from the JB, refer to the diagram, remove the horn relay, clear all codes using a code reader or scanner, then see if any/all the codes reappear when you operate your Jeep. If none of the codes reappear it could be assumed the clockspring is defective and should be replaced. If they all come back, sell your Jeep.