i don't need it has anyone just knocked everything out of it and smoothed it out
i live in sw fl

 

yeah somebody on here did,but a grid heater delete from glacier or someone else is fairly cheap and easy

 

i don't really wan't to buy anything

 

I dunno if it will work, but if you don't want to buy anything, take the heater out, knock the fins out, smooth everything out, and put it back in...

 

hey mad what do u mean by it won't work ???

 

Well, there is power going to the grid, right? Probably a sensor, too, telling the computer if it is working or not (if the circut is complete or not). If you remove the fins, it might pop a code.

I would: Remove the power line going to the heater grid and isolate it... remember, there is a lot of juice going to that thing...

Drive around for a day or two, see if it throws a code. If it doesn't, rip them out.

If you rip them out, before you button everything down again, put the heater back on and turn the key on. (before you put the manifold back on) (Don't start the truck) Make sure nothing bad happens. I'd use 2 people, so that they could cut the power quick. If nothin happens... you're good...

DISCLAIMER!!!

1st, I'd price a new grid heater, just incase when you pull the fins out, it jacks something up. If it's not worth it to ya, then...

2nd, Remember that you'll be working with the top of the intake off... if something falls down in there... it'll be bad. I usually use a piece of tape to cover the hole... make sure nothin gets in the intake horn or tubes...

I have not done this, so I dunno if it will work or not.

I seem to have remembered someone else doing this... I'll look...

LMK what you do...

 

Check this out...
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...+heater+delete

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...+heater+delete

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...+heater+delete

 

I got mine from a Cummins parts counter for like 30 bucks.

 

As long as your never going to use it again you can gut it.
I had a spare and gutted it. In the winter I put my stock
one back in. Tape wires separate, then together. zip tie
out of the way.

 

wow those really helped thanks

 

Only time codes come up is if you unhook the two small wires or the cable coming off of the battery going to the solenoid. All's you need to do is unhook the cable coming off the relay that goes to the grids.

 

You're welcome! That's what the DTR's for...

Thanks to everyone that chipped in. Can't do it by myself...

 

Question why would you want to get rid of the grid heater any ways

Hemi_on

 

how much hp/torque be made by deleting it?

 

You would want to get rid of it because it is a little restrictive.

The gain is in one of the threads that I attached above.