Heater hoses ,do I need them

[Jj1981]

So I live in South Carolina isn't rare to be wearing shorts at Christmas. Was looking at simplifying my b2b. If I'm not worried about running the heat can I cap off the hoses and remove the big box under the dash. Ithanks

[Jerry Roberts]

Sure . 

[Jj1981]

Ok thanks I really love the simplicity of this truck 

[Reg Evans]

My 35 Dodge and 39 Chrysler never did have heaters.

[dpollo]

Heaters were all dealer installed options up to the mid 50s.   In fact, some cars did not have the necessary holes drilled and tapped on the engines.

 

[NiftyFifty]

Rather then cap, I just ran the rear  heater feed line right to the pump, that way I wasn't worried about trying to make a leak proof stop in the system , it just flowed in a loop....but up here you need heat in the spring and fall, so I found a better heater and put it back in.

[Merle Coggins]

9 hours ago, 4mula-dlx said:

Rather then cap, I just ran the rear  heater feed line right to the pump, that way I wasn't worried about trying to make a leak proof stop in the system , it just flowed in a loop....but up here you need heat in the spring and fall, so I found a better heater and put it back in.

If you connect the heater port at the back of the head to the return port at the water pump you have created a radiator bypass loop. If you connect your hoses like that hopefully you had a shut off valve that was closed.

[NiftyFifty]

Ran open and fine for years like that, and the valve was wide open, no heating issues.  Only issue I ever had was an electric gauge reading wrong..but a resistor fixed that.