Is this the correct installation? It fits well, given the length and terminal sizes, but the rubber isolator at the bottom connection has me second guessing its usefulness as a ground. Gotta avoid those invisible codes thrown only on the second Tuesday of the week!

 

Yup that is correct I have made quite of few of these up.

 

you made that or bought it? If you made it what did you use? I need to do the same thing since I live in CA and we now have the smoke test.

 

It is a length of wire with a 470 ohm 1/2 watt, or 1 watt (if available), soldered to it with ring terminals, of the proper size, attached to each end.

 

do you have a pic of how you put it together? Looks like 4g wire mabye. Csn I make one pretty cheap?

 

Here is a link to pics of mine in my gallery. 2001 Ford F250 4x4 - AIH Code Eliminator
I used a piece of 14 ga wire.

 

I can't tell from the pics where the resistor goes in the line.

 

I soldered it inline into the stranded wire near the AIH relay. It is covered with heatshrink to protect it and act as a strain relief for the connections. It is pulled out of the wire loom in the second picture to show this.

 

Ok thanks I have a California truck is the install the same? Sorry for the dumb questions.

 

Same install. Actually my truck is a CA model too, but in that pic the CA glow plug box is removed. I'm in Pinole, 10 miles north of Berkeley, and I grew up in Pleasanton so I know where Mountain House is, too! If something falls off while going over the Altamont Pass I'll know where to get parts.

I bought the code eliminator from Dfuser. Good price, the engineering is done, so what the hey. I dunno if I even need this thing; IIRC for the smog test they do check for codes, but I think this P0541 is a soft code with no CEL, so maybe it would pass anyway. I just want to be prepared to pass without any hassles.

 

That's funny I grew up in Livermore and I work in el cerrito. Thanks for the help.

 

Does it actually work?

 

mueckster, What is the difference between a 1/2 and 1 watt resister in this application? Which one is better and why?

 

Maybe for "just in case". The math works out to just under 1/3 watt.

 

Since then I learned trucks with a GPCM (and thus all Xs) will throw the P0541 code anyway, even with the code eliminator. Eliminator/resistor works great for GPR equipped trucks, just not GPCM. P0541 does not trigger the CEL so it's a non issue at smog time. So for me the purchase and install was pointless.

And it's useful to see the P0541 (and the B whatever code for the door dinger delete) when trying out a new OBDII adapter or scanning app. Confirms the thing is working.

Live and learn.