Lol right!! Seriously though it was great.No wind on that drive? Better go get yourself a lottery ticket! Where will y'all be camping in that area? We reserved a spot for a few nights at Colter Bay and another few nights in West Yellowstone at a place called Yellowstone Holiday Resort. Glad your temps stayed under control for the trip. Maybe I should've investigated the American Volt coolers also. 30 row with a fan sounds just about perfect and I like that they offer thermostats with different ranges.
Side note: I think most of us on this thread running a Derale have the 13960, which is a 25-row cooler and is spec'd as having slightly more cooling capacity (46,000 BTUs with the fan running) than the Tru-cool 40K (45,000 BTUs). If anyone is interested, the next size up is the 40-row 13870. It still has the 6AN fittings but is another 3.5" taller and offers about 50% more cooling capacity. It would definitely hang down further than I would like, so I think with dropping the license plate down and opening up that lower grille fully, I'll finally have the cooling where I want it to be with the 25-row. The way mine was set up before hidden behind the license plate it was operating in a relative vacuum. Now I'll have the benefit of the ram air effect.
I prefer the Derale over the Tru-cool because instead of running at full cooling capacity all the time like the Tru-cool (passive), the Derale only runs at full capacity when the fan is running (active). That gives the transmission fluid the chance to get up to the minimum that GM specs for this transmission (150ºF) year-round.
Our first three nights are at The Virginian RV Park in Jackson. The Monday we head to Colter bay for 2 nights, then Buffalo fireside or something like that for two night and then Grant campground for 4 nights.
the only time I’ve been unhappy with my trans temps was during the wind issues. But honestly nothing except an HD cooling system helps you there.
I investigated the leak in the front driver corner just a little and it seems that it is fluid like power steering, brake, or shock fluid.
also I started getting a little oil burn at startup. However my last fill up the 91 octane had 0% ethanol in it so that may be a slight contributor to the smoke at startup? Either way I think after 178K miles and a life of towing it may be time to rebuild the ol 6.2.