The metal grille on top a heater has a few purposes. One reason is safety, to prevent you from touching the heater directly. Another purpose is that the grille acts as a shield to prevent things from burning or melting around the heater.
The metal grille at the top of a convector heater helps to protect the internal heating elements and prevents any objects from falling inside, reducing the risk of fire hazards. It also allows heat to be distributed more evenly by letting air flow through the grille.
It allows air to circulate through the heater while switched on.
Pop the hood and look across the top of where the grille connects to your truck. You will see little metal clips, there are several of these holding the grille into place. Just take a flat headed screwdriver and pop them off. One by one, and don't be afraid to be a little rough with it, very easy.
in the sub-grille with the tow hooks
If there is no cord hanging you have to buy one.not all trucks came with thr cord.the heater is in the block.check for the cord by the grille....vinny
Electric heaters have metal grilles to protect the heating element inside from being touched or damaged. The grille also helps to distribute the heat more evenly throughout the room. Additionally, the metal material is durable and can withstand the heat generated by the heater.
Its on the driver side firewall connected between the heater hose. Its a metal valve with heater hose on both sides and a lever on top that connects to the temperature adjustment switch on the dashboard.
the hardest part is getting to the latch. You maybe able to get to it by reaching up behind the bumper or wedge a screwdriver between the hood and the top of the grille. The grille has 2 plastic tabs on top of the grille that hold it in. There are also 2 tabs on the bottom of the grille. Use the screwdriver to depress the top tabs to release the grille. Remove grille. Use your hand to follow hood latch cable to find the latch. Pull the lever attached to the cable to your right. This should release the main locking latch.
You can find images of Cadillac CTS Grille online at the Google Images website. Once on the page, type "Cadillac CTS Grille" into the search field at the top of the page and press enter, then click on "Images" at the top of the screen to bring up the images.
Open hood. Remove four screws holding top of grille on. Pull lower part of grille out with a little force.
The heater valve is in line in the heater hose from the top back of the 350 engine about half way to where it enters the firewall to connect to the heater core. The valve has a steel wire control cable connected to the top of the valve control lever. It has two hose connections, one in from the engine and one out to the firewall core entry point. Trace your heater hoses and look for the metal valve with the spiral covered control wire.
I understand that all of the 6.0's have them, the factory jsut doesn't provide the connection cord except in certain cold weather states. My 2006 (in NH) did not have one, can you believe that one, I raised Cain with the dealer and they provided the cable and installed it at no cost. The heater is located in the block near the freeze plugs top left hand side, looking at it from the front. Tough to find, I had to trace the cable back to locate mine. On my 2000 F350 lariat 4x4 7.3 its behind the grille assembly near the bottom right of the grille (engine side/inner grille) Theres a 110 house hookup cord that extends outward of the grille to plugin to extension cord,....... hope that helps