Once more, i laughed my ass off......Taryl, ur chanel is SUPER cool, practical, useful, and MOST of all FUN!!!....yer vid at the Vintage bike thing in Ohio, was VERY cool, this one, is just pure coolness.....i am HAPPY to be a subscriber, and look fwd to ALL new vids, as they are (again) fun, smart, informative, and just down rite AWESOME!!!.......you ARE the man!!!!!......btw, i rode a Maico 250 once (i'm 5'4" 110 lbs)......ran the crap outa it, scared my buddies wife cuz i'm a full throttle guy.......the Maico u came across at the vintage motorcycle show brought back those memories of screamin my buds Maico, and scarin the CRAP outa his wife, as she thought i'd crash.....well i didnt, cuz i'm a smart rider, but i DO like Full throttle.....hHahaha.....WOOOOOOOO....NOW THERES UR DINNER!!!!...WOOOOOOOO.....TY for ur chanel, and TY for puttin up wit me...PEACE my brother!!
Hi Taryl, I’ve been fighting cancer for a few years which means a certain amount of time laid up flat on my back, chemo makes you feel awful. It Is a terrific distraction to watch you wrench on engines, thanks for all you and the gang do!
I remember seeing a V-8 with no oil pan or valve covers running at a show and asking my boss about it (he had a sizeable antique Ford collection, a serious hobby race engine machine shop and had been in the race scene for 60 years). He told me they would have machined everything loose, backed off the piston rings and not even install all them, probably modify the pistons, made oil-impregnated bushings, dropped the compression, add a touch of 2 stroke oil to the gas or lead additive, adjust the timing and all kinds of tricks that is also common for serious guys building demolition derby cars too. “Tricks of the trade”
you are correct and in 1998 we had one of them engine show up some how someone got one but didn't know as we were taking it apart we kept saying the same thing have you ever seen anything like this . almost like someone didn't build the engine right but as we kept gone we figured out it was one of the engines used for slick 50 .
As I remember that Slick 50 advertisement they ran a Volvo motor full throttle 100 hours without any engine oil then did a tear down and inspection claiming "No "-significant-engine- damage! "WOW"
I've seen that footage on TH-cam a few years ago, seeing an engine run with no sump pan is certainly weird for a start. I never even thought that were running non standard pistons etc,..crafty bastards.
You deserve a proper high level place in small engine repair history! You make learning the process fun and enertaining but you are thorough and professional at the same time..a combo Oscar and Nobel Prize would be nice! Thank you for sharing all your hard work and knowledge!
Ya gotta love those old B&S engines, they're almost indestructible. This video brought back 50+ year old memories when I was in my middle teens and picking these things up out of trash piles, scavenging parts from various engines to make one good one for a mini bike project. Great video! Thanks.
Back in the day, mid 1980s, one of our aircraft mechanics talked me into buying some Slick 50 for my motorcycle (1982 Honda CB900) and our Subaru GL station wagon. It was the original formula that came in a metal can and it was best to cut the top of the can off so you could take a screwdriver or spatula and mix up the teflon that had settled in the bottom of the can...and geez, was there ever a bunch of stuff in there too. If I recall, you used 1 quart of Slick 50 in a 4 quart car engine. My boss and I split a can for our motorcycle engines. After a few miles my motorcycle engine did start idling faster and I had to reset the idle speed a couple times. I also did notice that I could push the choke in a little sooner than normal. My Subaru I couldn't tell much difference in, but it was such an underpowered pig I don't anything could have helped it. But 4 or 5 years later, my wife was driving the Subaru and it overheated on her. Since she was going to a Tupperware party she didn't have time to stop (female logic at its best). When she came home I could hear her before I could see her and when she pulled in the driveway the car had smoke rolling out of the hood and was knocking something fierce. To say I was pissed would have been an understatement. The radiator was bone dry and when I drained the oil there wasn't more than 1 quart in it and it was black and cooked. I had the radiator repaired and filled the engine up with fresh new oil (non synthetic in those days) and to my surprise the car started but wouldn't run over 1500 rpm. I was so mad I decided to take it out to the highway and blow it up so I could get rid of it and teach her a lesson. Well, the car started to run a little faster, then a little faster still until after 5 or 6 miles it was back to it's old self. Good oil pressure, good coolant temp, no complaints. That stupid car lasted us another few years and we probably put another 30-35,000 miles on it before we finally traded it in. I'm giving the Slick 50 credit for that. But I don't think this new stuff they sell is the real deal. Sorry for the long post Taryl, but just thought I'd pass along my snake oil experience.
Watched this video for the first time tonight and it brought back memories of my dad working on all the neighbors mowers. He might spend hours fixing a mower and especially if it was for an elderly person, charge them maybe 50 cents. This was back in the 60's ( He said its not charity if you charge them). I'm sorry, just great memories, watching you reassemble the engine after checking the points brought a special memory back. The first thing he always checked was the fire, He'd take the spark plug wire off hold it between his fingers grounded to the motor and give it a pull and he tell you if it had fire and if it had the right kind of fire as he called it. I would watch the tendons in his arm jump. To check the points after after fixing them he'd just slip the flywheel back on and spin it back and forth over the magnet holding the park plug wire. Something I hadn't thought of in years until I saw your video. Keep it up!
I've actually broken an old flywheel using a puller, but I've never broken a flywheel using the pry bar method, and it's always worked very quickly. Never doubt Taryl!
Well a relatives MerCruiser engine lost all of its oil.. by the time the Captain noticed, and because of weather conditions, the engine was run for many MILES without oil trying to get back to port. That relative credits Slick 50 for saving the engine. That engine continued to run until the boat was structurally compromised for other reasons many years later. From what I understand, slick 50 was originally used by the military in Blackhawk helicopters. But had a formula change after a while and was never the same... Teflon is very good for what it was intended to do..but it does last for a very long time, and can have consequences if it's not used right.
As a child I remember the original Slick 50, my Dad swore by it after loosing the oil plug on his 1979 vw rabbit diesel made it home after a 120 mile round trip commute to work. He would leave home at 3:30 am and didn’t see the huge oil puddle on the driveway before he left. The engine survived and ran another 60,000 miles till the car was t boned and totaled. The later slick 50 was purchased by another company that supposedly changed the formula at the starting of a competitor Duralube. That engine had 256,000 miles on it , original everything but brakes and at least four exhaust systems. The exhaust last three years max. Because of this we had four vw rabbits. I remember it well because he almost cried as the car was purchased new and would have been destroyed but we did have to replace the driveway that year, the oil dissolved the asphalt .
Well your right Slick 50 brand was sold. But the Founder kept the original formula and started another company with it. There is a TH-cam video of the Founder.
I remember when they came out with slick 50. I know a lot of people who saw the demonstration and were convinced it was great stuff. I never tried it because I have always thought that if you keep clean oil in whatever engine, it would be fine.
I have bought it and put it in a old Hanomag R35/45 cause I thought it would loose and clean piston rings and over here in Holland it was stated that the Teflon would stick to the bare metal inside the engine , so no more engine wear . I might have the leaflet or the empty bottle somewhere .. Nice to see this .. Slick 50 brings back memories from long gone days ..
Nice to see you finally exposed the "snake oil" sellers 😂 When I seen this engine at the Portland bike show I didn't think you would ever get it to run again because of the abuse it was put through, glad to see you've proven me wrong! There's ur dinner! 🍔🍟
That reminded me of the green plug they were advertising when you walked in the door at Home Depot they claim that if you plug this unit in you can save on half of your electric bill on any appliance
Yeah, and as it turns out all the device is, is an electrical flow meter so you can monitor how many watts, volts and amps the appliance is using and basically "scaring" you into using it less.
I thought that engine was made before 82. I was given an almost identical engine in the mid- 60s, and it was old then. Only difference was mine had an oil bath air filter in a clear plastic housing. Wing nut on top to hold it in place. One of the best things I was 'gifted'. Thanks, great stuff.
Interesting to see you come across this and the associated snake oil discussion. I used Slick 50 in a 1.6lt isuzu engine in the 90's and saw all of the claimed results. I ran that engine without oil, coolant, sump and rocker cover once the car was sold to a mate who wanted to replace the motor, to try to kill it. The engine never stopped or got hot. Peter Brock raced RX-7's sponsored by Slick 50 at Bathurst in the 80's against Holdens and Fords, and had an unimaginable reliability compared to competitors. It's undeniable that Slick 50 did what was claimed, my local aero mechanic has it in his Jacobs radial powered biplane. The product was ruined in the 2000's but has been reformulated and renamed Xcell plus.
I put Slick 50 in my 93 caddy at 50k miles. ran for 4k-5k miles, then regular oil change. Same at 100k & 150k. Traded it off at 230k or so, ran great. don't know if it was the Slick 50 or regular oil changes that did it, but those 4.9L motors were awesome!
It was the regular oil changes. I've owned 4 vehicles in my lifetime, and none have failed when performing 3000 mile oil changes (and 5000 mile changes with full synthetic). Most have rusted out by 400-500k miles, but no engine failures.
I went to a car show in the early 90's, and there was a slick-50 rep there. He had a device similar to project farm's bearing grinder. The rep showed the bearing screeching and smoking after using conventional oil and draining it, and then running smooth as silk after having slick-50 in it and draining it. They also used to have a ton of tv commercials running engines with no oil. That engine with that cover is a pretty cool piece of history.
I love watching Taryl hit stuff with a hammer. Never gets old. When I was little we used two screw drivers to pry up on the flywheel and you had you buddy wack the shaft with a hammer. I was 14 before I could do it by myself.
You did GOOD fixing it anyway and the old flat heads are bullet proof. I've got some Slick-50 that'll probably start a brush fire one day. THANKS! and BLESSINGS!
One cool thing about the lexan/plexiglass cover is that you can see what a great job of sloshing the oil all over the moving parts! Looks like everything gets well lubricated (as long as it's good OIL, and not that other crap! Thanks Taryl! Very educational.👌
Great video, very sad to see the little 2hp slowly die. I know project farms has covered this but have been great to see it tested with new slick 50 treatment. RIP little motor
That was awesome, loved it! Nobody at work would listen to me when I told them that crap was snake oil back in the 80’s. There were articles about it in all the papers and I used to cut them out and pin ‘em up on the bulletin boards at work. All those guys would tear them down and keep believing in all the BS!
Really cool seeing the inside of the crankcase at the end with the slinger pushing all that oil around. You can’t kill an old flathead, man. Even if you do they’re easy to bring back to life LOL!
A great video to prove there ain’t no substitutions for oil in your engine. I remember everyone wanted to buy that snake oil. And believed it would actually give your auto engine better fuel mileage, and your engine would last longer, because it would make the wear of the engine less. I worked as a manager in an auto parts store back then.
Love your videos. I did my first engine swap on my husqvarna yth20k46 today from watching you do one on a zero turn. What i liked doing is that I didn't have to cut and splice into the factory wire harness
Great educational video with humor as usual. I think this motor and sign combo would be a great addition to someone's petroliana collection. A nice variation among the cans. I agree you have to be careful about snakeoil products. In my collection of petroliana I have a four ounce bottle of oil additive marketed in the Intermountain west under the name "Lubri-Gas." I think it is basically a light oil. I dont see how anyone could think that small a quantity of anything would make any difference in their car. In the 1970s I used STP in a perfectly good Chevy 327 until a smart mechanic told me that STP was really just an oil thickener and would seal a worn engine for awhile but was no substitute for a renewed engine. IMO, one exception to the additive rule is Rislone. I used it in the winter before the days of synthetic oil. It worked well for me, and I still like it alot.
Most people don't understand how much work you've just gone through to get this machine running especially putting it back together. It was a fun video and thanks for your hard work.
Hello Taryl, what you said about Teflon is a fact. The material is inert and does not stick to anything literally. Only floats around in the oil when the oil is agitated for suspension. That is its achilles heal. This idea is similar to Arco graphite oil that was sold in the 1970s. That oil was a failure too because of the graphite would plug up oil passages. When you would change the oil it come out like soup. Snake oil salesman ripped us off again. Nice video Taryl.
You could probably use that clear side cover as a template to have a couple made. Then you could keep the snake oil engine together and on a shelf as a collectors item.
I don't remember the engines like that used to advertise Slick 50, I do remember where they coated one side of some slugs that come out of electrical boxes. When you put the coated sides together and held between your thumb and finger you had a hard time keeping them from sliding. I never thought it worked inside an engine. I just keep up on oil changes.
Another one was CLM, a mix of zinc and copper spheres (also suspended in heavy oil) supposedly small enough to pass through the oil filter and bearings. they too had a 'demo rig', which was a 1/4 hp electric motor that turned a wheel bearing race while a torque wrench applied force between one of the bearing rollers and the spinning race. An ammeter showed motor load and thus "friction'. They would compare plain oil to the oil with CLR added while a spectator pulled on the torque wrench. the 'Project Farm' channel uses a similar rig up for some of their testing. They used to set up in the pits at the local dragstrip in the late 80's to try to convince the racers, but most of us just humored them. Slick 50 came later and were a true "mass marketer" compared to the CLM guys. Thanks for the excellent look into the history of sketchy motor products. Nicely done!
We are the original Slick 50 formula," states Bill Smith, President/CEO of Xcelplus. "When a customer buys Slick 50 today, a brand owned by Shell Oil (NYSE:RD) after they bought Pennzoil/Quakerstate, that consumer is not getting the original formula.Sep 27, 2004
Project Farm did a test on a couple of lawn mower engines about five years ago. One was with Slick 50 and one without. The Slick 50 engine actually locked up sooner than the other one.😂
It's amazing how long they were able to continue the scam, and still do, under a new name, with the same old snake oil. Duralube, too. I guess there's no end to the marks.
I once bought a B&S engine that was in a box all in pieces at a flea market. I cleaned it up and rebuilt it and my dad put it on an even older brush hog and ran it for 20 years until he sold it.
I dont care what engine manufacturers say about being able to run engines with no oil, no oil change needed etc. Im still gonna put oil in my engines and change the oil. Nice and interesting video. Keep up the good work on the videos.
Probably the most fun/enjoyable vid i've seen in a LONG time.......i'm a hot rod guy, i bulid 600 hp all day, THIS was SO fun on a Sun afternoon, to sit back, toss a cupla cold ones, and see what u had......my bud in Jersey said i shud watch (knowing i'm a hp/muscle car guy)......been a sub'r for at least 3 or 4 months now.....SUPER fun Taryl!!......"Breaks and Scrap'em" my fav name change.... just GREAT content, AND intelligent troubleshooting.......while u wear ur Taryl Apparel mask and teeth.......just SUPER fun!!....TY sir!!!....WOOOOOOOOO, NOW THERES UR DINNER!!!..WOOOOOOO!!!
“PROJECT FARM ANIMAL”!!!! Every time I tune in, I get a little nugget of wisdom. Sofa king funny !!! That's a keeper. “All small engine channels are equal, but some are more equal than others.”
Dark waters is a fantastic movie. Very good story. Ptfe, with it's 8 Carbon atoms making it one of the hardest substances out there, is a 'forever' chemical. Scientists estimate every living creature on earth has some by now, and it never, ever goes away. Thanks Taryl for this great video.
I worked at a full service Exxon when I was in high school in the early 90’s. Oil changes stuff like. Anyway if we could sell a bottle of slick 50 in our oil change we would write our name on the bottle & put it in a big box. At the end of the week boss man went through the box and would give us commissions on what we sold. The slick 50 was the best paying one that we got. But you be lucky to sell more then 1 a week. I think it was about $20 bucks on top of what the oil change cost. Anyway thanks for the videos guys. This one brung back memories. 👍🏻
Hi Taryl. That was an interesting video about Slick 50 and Briggs About 12 years ago just after I had set up, a Briggs powered mower come in and I did the usual run it up to hear how it ran and to get the engine oil warm so it would drain out easily. I removed the bottom oil plug (I didn't have an oil sucker back then) and I got about 6 drops of oil out of it! When I put oil in the engine, it smoked a little bit but ran fine. They did build good stuff years ago.
I have one of those. Never been run. My dad was a slick 50 rep so he could take the tax write off on his motorhome. Don't know how much if any he ever sold. Had the original box but it finally became diner for the local cardboard eaters.
Years ago I found an old disguarded 5 hp Wonder Boy riding lawn mower that threw a rod through the block. I tore it all apart, got a new rod piston and rings, reshaped the hole in the block to its proper shape and formed a steel cover with a neoprene gasket I made for it. I drilled multiple counter sunk holes around the perimeter and and fastened it down with Allen head 6/32 machine screws and nuts. I used it at my Mother's home, it sat under bushes for over ten years, I brought it back to my house, no spark, got it running and I still use it occasionally to this day. I have a few others mowers, so I use this one till I replace the 10hp engine that I have for my 70's vintage 42" cut Simplicity Land Lord that I never get around to swapping the engine with electronic ignition that I already have waiting for it.
The 2 hp was may fav to tinker around with as a kid with a 70's Manco 1-seater gocart. Then moved up to the 3 hp and then the 5 hp. Always had to have the block perfectly clean bare alum. I have the exact same kart frame in my garage right now ready to be restored.
I have an early 90s Dingo by Manco with the 5hp. Lost compression and power a couple weeks ago so I pulled the motor and tore into it. Looks like the exhaust valve is bent and the cylinder heavily gouged. I plan to hone it out and rebuild it to see how she does but would love to find an old 8 or 10 hp from and old tiller. I think the Dingo would really howl with the hp upgrade.
Slick 50 use to have a Farmall M tractor they took to all the farm shows. They remove the oil pan and put a mirror on the ground under the engine so you could watch the crank and rods spin without any oil in it. The tractor ended up in the salvage yard.
If anyone wants the best protection Mobil 1 full synthetic motor oil has outperformed any other synthetic and regular motor oil every time. But at the end of the day, if you don't check or change your oil, nothing will save your engine. Once its overheating from lack of lubrication and or knocking, it's all over regardless of what oil you use. There is no magic additive to replace common sense. Good vid Taryl.
Hey Taryl, great video, Appreciate the back story on the snake oil Slick 50, Loved the way you tie analytical, mechanical experience and a helluva lot of good humor in the mix, "after all it's just a small engine, I have incorporated a lot of your knowledge into my dyi engine repair at home on my junkieyard machines, it seems to work every time, keep on trucking bro, I'm always here to learn.
Back in the '80's we had a fleet manger that swore by the Slick 50. We had about 300 cars and trucks it never did anything, but I think he got a kick back from them for using it. They still sell it, but not sure who buys it.
I have had one of those engines on a K&S Trim all edger since I bought it new in 1973. Runs perfect and I have only had to put one belt on it since I have owned it. I expect it to run until I die. I am 76.
In college decades ago, I tested slick 50 on a wear machine and it helped! Also tested Tufoil, a competitor, and it was significantly better yet! I have been using that ever since, for 35 years; bought a gallon back then, and a little goes a long ways; don’t know if it is still available
I have a collector Dale Earnhardt Slick 50 bottle with a autographed baseball together still in original wrapper. I remember buying Quaker State motor oil bundled with Duralube for my 2001 Chevy S10. Still have that on the shelf.
I use to run quaker state high horse power oil in the clear bottles of oil in the quarts had a 93 chevy camaro on the label sure wish I had a unused bottle for nostalgia purposes peace ✌️ and much respect to you 👍 JASON
I have an engine just like that. My boss, 22 years ago, was going to toss it in the trash and asked if I wanted it, I said Oh yea! The engine runs great and it's amazing how the oil splatters and sprays all over in the crank case. My engine does not have the signage but is on a mount just like yours. Also my engine does not have a serial number on the air shroud. If you got a minute, can you send me the number off your engine? Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the stroll down memory lane! I loved the Slick 50 info-mmercials... Of course it all sounded too good to be true, so... I had to try some & found only a tiny improvement in gas mileage on my E250 van with the 300ci straight 6 cyl. Engine. Was fun to watch them drain the oil from a v8 and watch it just continue to run & run & run! 😅
I can't say that slick 50 reduces wear but I dumped a quart in my motorcycle and the clutch slipped so bad the bike would not even move had to change the oil several times before it would actually work properly so whatever is in there to reduce friction works works %300
I like your chanel very much you always do your best to explain how things work, but today's video took the cake , you exposed this people and their scams like no one take their time to do , thank God bless you and your family keek bringing the good content you do and please don't change anything it works well the way you do teach and explain hot to people like us that have no idea how things work and how to repair them
It’s funny that Dupont came out with their own version of Slick 50 called TMT the Teflon Motor Treatment. If one does some research you’ll dig up several other brands of PTFE Teflon treatments made in the 80’s. One is Tephguard. FYI original formula Slick 50 is still made in Australia.
As I always said, If slicks in the name, it’s probably not your game. Honestly just keep clean synthetic oil in your engine and you should be beyond fine. Amazing work on the video Taryl!
This was a great video Taryl I gotta agree with you all that snake oil is just that snake oil kinda like that Fuel stabilizer stuff, bottom line change your oil on a regular basis and keep fresh gas in your Mowers and you will be fine and keep that Air filter clean, as always Taryl your the Man!!!!
years ago i had 200 hp 2 stroke Merc outboard,in kit for application there was 3 small bottles ? any had to put in while running and had to fog it in,anyway it idled 200 rpm higher ever since,i think its less resistance on movind parts?
Ronnie Jerkenstein! Love his cameos. You can still buy Slick 50. I seem to recall my dad snickering over the suggestion to use it in motors in the 1970s.
Yes, Slick 50 was a popular thing, i used it in a few motorcycles back in the day, also remember 'Stromberg Spark plug booster', they had a very interesting demo.
I have a soft spot for the old L-head motors. Still have two of them. One has a bent shaft that could not be straightened, but I took the mower blade and carefully cut metal off the "high" slide (crank is bent, so blade is lower on one side when spinning) and was able to get it pretty well balanced. I use it for mowing a rough slope near my house. Those motors would run forever if you just kept oil in them. Also, I really liked Slick 50 grease. I was sorry to see it go.
I see you found that Briggs and stranton ran the engine with the snake oil for 20 hours and then 20 hours without the snake oil. how long did the other engine run without the regular oil?
I had a 92 Camry that I used Slick 50 in a bunch of times and I had it until I sold it at 450,000 miles and every time I had our yearly inspection the mechanic told me it had almost no negative emissions. I saw some guy driving the car 4 years after I sold it. There was a time around 250,000 miles where the main seal 🦭 broke and oil was pouring out and I drove it around for 2 days trying to find a mechanic who could fix it cheap and I kept dumping oil in it until it could get fixed. I don’t know if it was the Slick 50 or not or the synthetic oil I used, but that car was unstoppable
I remember back in the mid 80's when Slick 50 was the latest and greatest oil additive " With PTFE" as advertised , and it wasn't cheap either. Like has been said, using a quality grade oil and changing when it's supposed to be changed, it make's all the difference in the world.
Old Briggs motor-not fancy,gaudy,or embelished---JUST WORKS!!!Love the transparent cover with LED lights powered from a bike generator spun by the motor flywheel.Always wondered what goes on behind that end bell----now I and everyone else who sees this video knows!Like the peek behind the curtain!
Great video! I saw one of these demo the Slick stuff in Louisville KY back in the day. I think it was at a Carl Casper's event. Never thought I'd see another one. Super find and video!
i remember a counter top display that had several gears between 2 pieces of clear (plexiglass ?) and a handle that you cranked by hand . you could see the product (slick 50 ?) transferred from bottom gear to upper ones . never saw an actual engine display though . also , there was a muffler display with a cutaway portion , and the rest molded clear , to look like the muffler casing . a kid in my school said that he was gonna get some of those see thru mufflers when he got his 1st car . yeah , we weren't harvard material , lol .
My auto mechanics teacher in high school had one of those displays, back in 1991. Was it an early display for Lucas Oil? Seems like i remember the colors being similar. I used to crank that thing almost every day. Lol. All of us did.
I remember seeing a slick 50 demonstration at a car show with a white Briggs engine. My guess is that was the first running of that engine. Also saw a demonstration at the same car show for a special water pump that if dry was supposed to pump enough air to prevent the engine from catastrophically overheating, turned out they were running the oil through a chiller to keep the engine cold. They sell all kinds of weird additives and miracle parts.
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Once more, i laughed my ass off......Taryl, ur chanel is SUPER cool, practical, useful, and MOST of all FUN!!!....yer vid at the Vintage bike thing in Ohio, was VERY cool, this one, is just pure coolness.....i am HAPPY to be a subscriber, and look fwd to ALL new vids, as they are (again) fun, smart, informative, and just down rite AWESOME!!!.......you ARE the man!!!!!......btw, i rode a Maico 250 once (i'm 5'4" 110 lbs)......ran the crap outa it, scared my buddies wife cuz i'm a full throttle guy.......the Maico u came across at the vintage motorcycle show brought back those memories of screamin my buds Maico, and scarin the CRAP outa his wife, as she thought i'd crash.....well i didnt, cuz i'm a smart rider, but i DO like Full throttle.....hHahaha.....WOOOOOOOO....NOW THERES UR DINNER!!!!...WOOOOOOOO.....TY for ur chanel, and TY for puttin up wit me...PEACE my brother!!
I learned one thing in life you never use slick 50 in a small engine that s*** is junk but everybody's got their own opinion
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I remember seeing one of those when I was in auto mechanics at a vocational school back in 1983 or 1984.
Hi Taryl, I’ve been fighting cancer for a few years which means a certain amount of time laid up flat on my back, chemo makes you feel awful. It Is a terrific distraction to watch you wrench on engines, thanks for all you and the gang do!
Hope you beat it thomas. I'll keep you in my prayers 🙏 God 🙌
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Friend have faith in God and be healed completely don't forget our saviour Lord Jesus Christ as our saviour as well. May God bless you and get well.
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I remember seeing a V-8 with no oil pan or valve covers running at a show and asking my boss about it (he had a sizeable antique Ford collection, a serious hobby race engine machine shop and had been in the race scene for 60 years). He told me they would have machined everything loose, backed off the piston rings and not even install all them, probably modify the pistons, made oil-impregnated bushings, dropped the compression, add a touch of 2 stroke oil to the gas or lead additive, adjust the timing and all kinds of tricks that is also common for serious guys building demolition derby cars too. “Tricks of the trade”
you are correct and in 1998 we had one of them engine show up some how someone got one but didn't know as we were taking it apart we kept saying the same thing have you ever seen anything like this . almost like someone didn't build the engine right but as we kept gone we figured out it was one of the engines used for slick 50 .
As I remember that Slick 50 advertisement they ran a Volvo motor full throttle 100 hours without any engine oil then did a tear down and inspection claiming "No "-significant-engine- damage!
"WOW"
I've seen that footage on TH-cam a few years ago, seeing an engine run with no sump pan is certainly weird for a start. I never even thought that were running non standard pistons etc,..crafty bastards.
You deserve a proper high level place in small engine repair history! You make learning the process fun and enertaining but you are thorough and professional at the same time..a combo Oscar and Nobel Prize would be nice! Thank you for sharing all your hard work and knowledge!
I 2nd. And concur.
Ya gotta love those old B&S engines, they're almost indestructible. This video brought back 50+ year old memories when I was in my middle teens and picking these things up out of trash piles, scavenging parts from various engines to make one good one for a mini bike project. Great video! Thanks.
Oh YES....I had a go cart though. I was obsessed with them from about 12 to 14 then I discovered VWs 😄
Still using them. Petes sake change the oil in them,They last generations....
Back in the day, mid 1980s, one of our aircraft mechanics talked me into buying some Slick 50 for my motorcycle (1982 Honda CB900) and our Subaru GL station wagon. It was the original formula that came in a metal can and it was best to cut the top of the can off so you could take a screwdriver or spatula and mix up the teflon that had settled in the bottom of the can...and geez, was there ever a bunch of stuff in there too. If I recall, you used 1 quart of Slick 50 in a 4 quart car engine. My boss and I split a can for our motorcycle engines. After a few miles my motorcycle engine did start idling faster and I had to reset the idle speed a couple times. I also did notice that I could push the choke in a little sooner than normal. My Subaru I couldn't tell much difference in, but it was such an underpowered pig I don't anything could have helped it. But 4 or 5 years later, my wife was driving the Subaru and it overheated on her. Since she was going to a Tupperware party she didn't have time to stop (female logic at its best). When she came home I could hear her before I could see her and when she pulled in the driveway the car had smoke rolling out of the hood and was knocking something fierce. To say I was pissed would have been an understatement. The radiator was bone dry and when I drained the oil there wasn't more than 1 quart in it and it was black and cooked. I had the radiator repaired and filled the engine up with fresh new oil (non synthetic in those days) and to my surprise the car started but wouldn't run over 1500 rpm. I was so mad I decided to take it out to the highway and blow it up so I could get rid of it and teach her a lesson. Well, the car started to run a little faster, then a little faster still until after 5 or 6 miles it was back to it's old self. Good oil pressure, good coolant temp, no complaints. That stupid car lasted us another few years and we probably put another 30-35,000 miles on it before we finally traded it in. I'm giving the Slick 50 credit for that. But I don't think this new stuff they sell is the real deal. Sorry for the long post Taryl, but just thought I'd pass along my snake oil experience.
Watched this video for the first time tonight and it brought back memories of my dad working on all the neighbors mowers. He might spend hours fixing a mower and especially if it was for an elderly person, charge them maybe 50 cents. This was back in the 60's ( He said its not charity if you charge them). I'm sorry, just great memories, watching you reassemble the engine after checking the points brought a special memory back. The first thing he always checked was the fire, He'd take the spark plug wire off hold it between his fingers grounded to the motor and give it a pull and he tell you if it had fire and if it had the right kind of fire as he called it. I would watch the tendons in his arm jump. To check the points after after fixing them he'd just slip the flywheel back on and spin it back and forth over the magnet holding the park plug wire. Something I hadn't thought of in years until I saw your video. Keep it up!
Grandpa always said, “ you want a engine to last just change the oil when you should it’s not a secret “
Oil is cheap, engines are expensive .
Shhh don't tell anyone..
My opinion kohler is better but Briggs and Stratton can survive anything. Add a little Lucas it helps a lot
I've actually broken an old flywheel using a puller, but I've never broken a flywheel using the pry bar method, and it's always worked very quickly. Never doubt Taryl!
I've done dozens with the pry bar but I actually broke off a half of an inch of a Honda crankshaft doing this so beware!
Maybe be careful of your sump cover is made of plexiglass lol.
It has always worked for me too.
Well a relatives MerCruiser engine lost all of its oil.. by the time the Captain noticed, and because of weather conditions, the engine was run for many MILES without oil trying to get back to port.
That relative credits Slick 50 for saving the engine. That engine continued to run until the boat was structurally compromised for other reasons many years later.
From what I understand, slick 50 was originally used by the military in Blackhawk helicopters. But had a formula change after a while and was never the same...
Teflon is very good for what it was intended to do..but it does last for a very long time, and can have consequences if it's not used right.
When Taryl starts talking to himself in a “viewers voice”, I lose it!! Cracks me up every time!!
Funny Shit
Yeah we know heard this comment a thousand times.
I love it. has me dying every time
its good to keep it intact, it is a collector item for a vintage engine show.
As a child I remember the original Slick 50, my Dad swore by it after loosing the oil plug on his 1979 vw rabbit diesel made it home after a 120 mile round trip commute to work. He would leave home at 3:30 am and didn’t see the huge oil puddle on the driveway before he left. The engine survived and ran another 60,000 miles till the car was t boned and totaled. The later slick 50 was purchased by another company that supposedly changed the formula at the starting of a competitor Duralube. That engine had 256,000 miles on it , original everything but brakes and at least four exhaust systems. The exhaust last three years max. Because of this we had four vw rabbits. I remember it well because he almost cried as the car was purchased new and would have been destroyed but we did have to replace the driveway that year, the oil dissolved the asphalt .
Well your right Slick 50 brand was sold. But the Founder kept the original formula and started another company with it.
There is a TH-cam video of the Founder.
Same as Marvel's Mystery Oil
@@BeingMe23 no mystery with marvel its baby oil
@@jamesgibson5876 It's Machining oil. I use it in the shop in the auto oilers
It is still being made under the name Lubrilon.
Your cameraman does an excellent job! So much better than others who try to work one-handed as they film themselves.
I remember when they came out with slick 50. I know a lot of people who saw the demonstration and were convinced it was great stuff. I never tried it because I have always thought that if you keep clean oil in whatever engine, it would be fine.
I have bought it and put it in a old Hanomag R35/45 cause I thought it would loose and clean piston rings and over here in Holland it was stated that the Teflon would stick to the bare metal inside the engine , so no more engine wear . I might have the leaflet or the empty bottle somewhere .. Nice to see this .. Slick 50 brings back memories from long gone days ..
@@Chappomusic It takes over 750 degrees to bond Teflon to metal. Impossible in a motor at 210.
@@Chappomusic.... but what about the Hanomag R35, still in action?
@@frankr.1594 ofcourse. It’s a Hanomag.
@@garychandler4296at a age of 20 in 1990 you tend to believe what “ professionals” say .
Thank you so much!!! I feel sad too… it’s a shame history pieces that seem to go away.. I appreciate you archiving those great memories!!
Anthony
Nice to see you finally exposed the "snake oil" sellers 😂 When I seen this engine at the Portland bike show I didn't think you would ever get it to run again because of the abuse it was put through, glad to see you've proven me wrong! There's ur dinner! 🍔🍟
That reminded me of the green plug they were advertising when you walked in the door at Home Depot they claim that if you plug this unit in you can save on half of your electric bill on any appliance
Yeah, and as it turns out all the device is, is an electrical flow meter so you can monitor how many watts, volts and amps the appliance is using and basically "scaring" you into using it less.
@@freetolook3727 isn't it just wonderful how people try to get over on you and dive into your wallet
Goes to show that you need to be an educated consumer and also ask "How long will it last?" instead of "How cheap is it?"
I just realized Taryl is part Fire Marshall Bill. Hilarious!
Hey Taryl. Good idea moving the Cub Cadet or whatever that yellow mower is. Keep fixin' em' dude.
I thought that engine was made before 82. I was given an almost identical engine in the mid- 60s, and it was old then. Only difference was mine had an oil bath air filter in a clear plastic housing. Wing nut on top to hold it in place. One of the best things I was 'gifted'. Thanks, great stuff.
Interesting to see you come across this and the associated snake oil discussion. I used Slick 50 in a 1.6lt isuzu engine in the 90's and saw all of the claimed results. I ran that engine without oil, coolant, sump and rocker cover once the car was sold to a mate who wanted to replace the motor, to try to kill it. The engine never stopped or got hot. Peter Brock raced RX-7's sponsored by Slick 50 at Bathurst in the 80's against Holdens and Fords, and had an unimaginable reliability compared to competitors. It's undeniable that Slick 50 did what was claimed, my local aero mechanic has it in his Jacobs radial powered biplane. The product was ruined in the 2000's but has been reformulated and renamed Xcell plus.
I put Slick 50 in my 93 caddy at 50k miles. ran for 4k-5k miles, then regular oil change. Same at 100k & 150k. Traded it off at 230k or so, ran great. don't know if it was the Slick 50 or regular oil changes that did it, but those 4.9L motors were awesome!
It was the regular oil changes.
I've owned 4 vehicles in my lifetime, and none have failed when performing 3000 mile oil changes (and 5000 mile changes with full synthetic). Most have rusted out by 400-500k miles, but no engine failures.
My neighbour had a 4.9 Caddy,, and it had lots of bearing noise
4.9 engines are NOT awesome. They're terrible.
I went to a car show in the early 90's, and there was a slick-50 rep there. He had a device similar to project farm's bearing grinder. The rep showed the bearing screeching and smoking after using conventional oil and draining it, and then running smooth as silk after having slick-50 in it and draining it. They also used to have a ton of tv commercials running engines with no oil. That engine with that cover is a pretty cool piece of history.
I remember those commercials too. They would come on during the NASCAR races.
Did you ever see what's in an oil pan after slick 50 meets coolant during a head gasket leak?
Yep! Old briggs are great! I had a 7hp with worn piston, rings, bore & valve guides, rattled like hell but ran for ages.
I just picked up this exact same Briggs demo engine last week with the clear sump cover...mines like new though
Great video guys! You really can't beat that old technology on those engines. They are extremely tough
Yeah until it breaks and you can’t find parts for em
@@marcustrue1213 Try eBay. I still find lots of parts for those old Briggs engines.
I love watching Taryl hit stuff with a hammer. Never gets old. When I was little we used two screw drivers to pry up on the flywheel and you had you buddy wack the shaft with a hammer. I was 14 before I could do it by myself.
I think they loosened the rod bolts on purpose to allow for heat expansion when running it with no oil.
yes
I thought the same thing when he first tore it apart.
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@@neal6418 me too
Ahh, No!
Absolutely.
You did GOOD fixing it anyway and the old flat heads are bullet proof. I've got some Slick-50 that'll probably start a brush fire one day. THANKS! and BLESSINGS!
One cool thing about the lexan/plexiglass cover is that you can see what a great job of sloshing the oil all over the moving parts! Looks like everything gets well lubricated (as long as it's good OIL, and not that other crap!
Thanks Taryl! Very educational.👌
Great video, very sad to see the little 2hp slowly die. I know project farms has covered this but have been great to see it tested with new slick 50 treatment. RIP little motor
You tube small engines by Fred eaglesmith it's a song
That was awesome, loved it! Nobody at work would listen to me when I told them that crap was snake oil back in the 80’s. There were articles about it in all the papers and I used to cut them out and pin ‘em up on the bulletin boards at work. All those guys would tear them down and keep believing in all the BS!
Really cool seeing the inside of the crankcase at the end with the slinger pushing all that oil around. You can’t kill an old flathead, man. Even if you do they’re easy to bring back to life LOL!
A great video to prove there ain’t no substitutions for oil in your engine. I remember everyone wanted to buy that snake oil. And believed it would actually give your auto engine better fuel mileage, and your engine would last longer, because it would make the wear of the engine less. I worked as a manager in an auto parts store back then.
Love your videos. I did my first engine swap on my husqvarna yth20k46 today from watching you do one on a zero turn. What i liked doing is that I didn't have to cut and splice into the factory wire harness
Great educational video with humor as usual. I think this motor and sign combo would be a great addition to someone's petroliana collection. A nice variation among the cans. I agree you have to be careful about snakeoil products. In my collection of petroliana I have a four ounce bottle of oil additive marketed in the Intermountain west under the name "Lubri-Gas." I think it is basically a light oil. I dont see how anyone could think that small a quantity of anything would make any difference in their car. In the 1970s I used STP in a perfectly good Chevy 327 until a smart mechanic told me that STP was really just an oil thickener and would seal a worn engine for awhile but was no substitute for a renewed engine. IMO, one exception to the additive rule is Rislone. I used it in the winter before the days of synthetic oil. It worked well for me, and I still like it alot.
i remember the infomercials...they would dump sand om the lifters too...for synthetic oil...nice video again...theres yor dinner
Most people don't understand how much work you've just gone through to get this machine running especially putting it back together.
It was a fun video and thanks for your hard work.
Hello Taryl, what you said about Teflon is a fact. The material is inert and does not stick to anything literally. Only floats around in the oil when the oil is agitated for suspension. That is its achilles heal. This idea is similar to Arco graphite oil that was sold in the 1970s. That oil was a failure too because of the graphite would plug up oil passages. When you would change the oil it come out like soup. Snake oil salesman ripped us off again. Nice video Taryl.
You could probably use that clear side cover as a template to have a couple made. Then you could keep the snake oil engine together and on a shelf as a collectors item.
Those break and scrapem engines, we used when we made our motorbikes in the early 60's. Brought back memories Taryl. Good job.
They're often called "100 hr. motors" for a reason.
I don't remember the engines like that used to advertise Slick 50, I do remember where they coated one side of some slugs that come out of electrical boxes. When you put the coated sides together and held between your thumb and finger you had a hard time keeping them from sliding.
I never thought it worked inside an engine. I just keep up on oil changes.
This man is a wealth of knowledge. It would take a life time to learn what he knows.
Another one was CLM, a mix of zinc and copper spheres (also suspended in heavy oil) supposedly small enough to pass through the oil filter and bearings. they too had a 'demo rig', which was a 1/4 hp electric motor that turned a wheel bearing race while a torque wrench applied force between one of the bearing rollers and the spinning race. An ammeter showed motor load and thus "friction'. They would compare plain oil to the oil with CLR added while a spectator pulled on the torque wrench. the 'Project Farm' channel uses a similar rig up for some of their testing. They used to set up in the pits at the local dragstrip in the late 80's to try to convince the racers, but most of us just humored them. Slick 50 came later and were a true "mass marketer" compared to the CLM guys. Thanks for the excellent look into the history of sketchy motor products. Nicely done!
You should clean up one of those air filter housings, and bake a angel food cake in it, treat ppl out by eating it!! Haha
We are the original Slick 50 formula," states Bill Smith, President/CEO of Xcelplus. "When a customer buys Slick 50 today, a brand owned by Shell Oil (NYSE:RD) after they bought Pennzoil/Quakerstate, that consumer is not getting the original formula.Sep 27, 2004
Your channel and acting are pure gold. I appreciate all your knowledge and hard work you put into sharing these videos.
Project Farm did a test on a couple of lawn mower engines about five years ago.
One was with Slick 50 and one without. The Slick 50 engine actually locked up sooner than the other one.😂
The test was not done properly and even so the Slick 50 used was not the Slick 50 of old.
It's amazing how long they were able to continue the scam, and still do, under a new name, with the same old snake oil. Duralube, too. I guess there's no end to the marks.
The older Briggs and Stratton engines are great. After all that, it still runs!
I once bought a B&S engine that was in a box all in pieces at a flea market. I cleaned it up and rebuilt it and my dad put it on an even older brush hog and ran it for 20 years until he sold it.
All briggs and stratton engines run good it’s kohler courage engines that are junk.
@@wardraven8755 sad kohlor I thought were good after don't make good toilet?
I dont care what engine manufacturers say about being able to run engines with no oil, no oil change needed etc. Im still gonna put oil in my engines and change the oil. Nice and interesting video. Keep up the good work on the videos.
Probably the most fun/enjoyable vid i've seen in a LONG time.......i'm a hot rod guy, i bulid 600 hp all day, THIS was SO fun on a Sun afternoon, to sit back, toss a cupla cold ones, and see what u had......my bud in Jersey said i shud watch (knowing i'm a hp/muscle car guy)......been a sub'r for at least 3 or 4 months now.....SUPER fun Taryl!!......"Breaks and Scrap'em" my fav name change.... just GREAT content, AND intelligent troubleshooting.......while u wear ur Taryl Apparel mask and teeth.......just SUPER fun!!....TY sir!!!....WOOOOOOOOO, NOW THERES UR DINNER!!!..WOOOOOOO!!!
“PROJECT FARM ANIMAL”!!!!
Every time I tune in, I get a little nugget of wisdom. Sofa king funny !!! That's a keeper.
“All small engine channels are equal, but some are more equal than others.”
I agree taryl you cannot beat the old breaks and scrap em
Yum, yum! Air filter sponge cake! There's nothin' quite like that hydrocarbon flavor. Goes well with a cold glass of diesel punch.😂😂
Dark waters is a fantastic movie. Very good story. Ptfe, with it's 8 Carbon atoms making it one of the hardest substances out there, is a 'forever' chemical. Scientists estimate every living creature on earth has some by now, and it never, ever goes away. Thanks Taryl for this great video.
I worked at a full service Exxon when I was in high school in the early 90’s. Oil changes stuff like. Anyway if we could sell a bottle of slick 50 in our oil change we would write our name on the bottle & put it in a big box. At the end of the week boss man went through the box and would give us commissions on what we sold. The slick 50 was the best paying one that we got. But you be lucky to sell more then 1 a week. I think it was about $20 bucks on top of what the oil change cost.
Anyway thanks for the videos guys. This one brung back memories. 👍🏻
Hi Taryl.
That was an interesting video about Slick 50 and Briggs
About 12 years ago just after I had set up, a Briggs powered mower come in and I did the usual run it up to hear how it ran and to get the engine oil warm so it would drain out easily.
I removed the bottom oil plug (I didn't have an oil sucker back then) and I got about 6 drops of oil out of it!
When I put oil in the engine, it smoked a little bit but ran fine.
They did build good stuff years ago.
I have one of those. Never been run. My dad was a slick 50 rep so he could take the tax write off on his motorhome. Don't know how much if any he ever sold. Had the original box but it finally became diner for the local cardboard eaters.
Taryl imitating the commenters that say he doesn't know what he's doing cracks me up every damn time haha!
I would love to see a see through engine running to see the oil circulating in a splash lubricated engine.
Years ago I found an old disguarded 5 hp Wonder Boy riding lawn mower that threw a rod through the block.
I tore it all apart, got a new rod piston and rings, reshaped the hole in the block to its proper shape and formed a steel cover with a neoprene gasket I made for it.
I drilled multiple counter sunk holes around the perimeter and and fastened it down with Allen head 6/32 machine screws and nuts.
I used it at my Mother's home, it sat under bushes for over ten years, I brought it back to my house, no spark, got it running and I still use it occasionally to this day.
I have a few others mowers, so I use this one till I replace the 10hp engine that I have for my 70's vintage 42" cut Simplicity Land Lord that I never get around to swapping the engine with electronic ignition that I already have waiting for it.
Thanks for the content! I like the 1 hour or longer videos. You guys rock !!
I can't put it in words but I enjoy watching Taryl work.
The 2 hp was may fav to tinker around with as a kid with a 70's Manco 1-seater gocart. Then moved up to the 3 hp and then the 5 hp. Always had to have the block perfectly clean bare alum. I have the exact same kart frame in my garage right now ready to be restored.
I have an early 90s Dingo by Manco with the 5hp.
Lost compression and power a couple weeks ago so I pulled the motor and tore into it. Looks like the exhaust valve is bent and the cylinder heavily gouged.
I plan to hone it out and rebuild it to see how she does but would love to find an old 8 or 10 hp from and old tiller. I think the Dingo would really howl with the hp upgrade.
I'm glad you put it back together...I think it is really Cool especially the lexan cover and sign!
Slick 50 use to have a Farmall M tractor they took to all the farm shows. They remove the oil pan and put a mirror on the ground under the engine so you could watch the crank and rods spin without any oil in it. The tractor ended up in the salvage yard.
If anyone wants the best protection Mobil 1 full synthetic motor oil has outperformed any other synthetic and regular motor oil every time. But at the end of the day, if you don't check or change your oil, nothing will save your engine. Once its overheating from lack of lubrication and or knocking, it's all over regardless of what oil you use. There is no magic additive to replace common sense. Good vid Taryl.
I just paused the video and went and watched "Dark Waters" at your suggestion. Great movie indeed!! Thanks for that.
Hey Taryl, great video, Appreciate the back story on the snake oil Slick 50, Loved the way you tie analytical, mechanical experience and a helluva lot of good humor in the mix, "after all it's just a small engine, I have incorporated a lot of your knowledge into my dyi engine repair at home on my junkieyard machines, it seems to work every time, keep on trucking bro, I'm always here to learn.
Back in the '80's we had a fleet manger that swore by the Slick 50. We had about 300 cars and trucks it never did anything, but I think he got a kick back from them for using it. They still sell it, but not sure who buys it.
Proof positive companies will tell you anything as long as you have some money to spend. TY Taryl
I have had one of those engines on a K&S Trim all edger since I bought it new in 1973. Runs perfect and I have only had to put one belt on it since I have owned it. I expect it to run until I die. I am 76.
In college decades ago, I tested slick 50 on a wear machine and it helped! Also tested Tufoil, a competitor, and it was significantly better yet! I have been using that ever since, for 35 years; bought a gallon back then, and a little goes a long ways; don’t know if it is still available
So interesting. Gosh, I love to watch you work. Thank you for all you do creating these videos. Never stop.
I have a collector Dale Earnhardt Slick 50 bottle with a autographed baseball together still in original wrapper. I remember buying Quaker State motor oil bundled with Duralube for my 2001 Chevy S10. Still have that on the shelf.
I use to run quaker state high horse power oil in the clear bottles of oil in the quarts had a 93 chevy camaro on the label sure wish I had a unused bottle for nostalgia purposes peace ✌️ and much respect to you 👍 JASON
I have an engine just like that. My boss, 22 years ago, was going to toss it in the trash and asked if I wanted it, I said Oh yea! The engine runs great and it's amazing how the oil splatters and sprays all over in the crank case. My engine does not have the signage but is on a mount just like yours. Also my engine does not have a serial number on the air shroud. If you got a minute, can you send me the number off your engine? Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the stroll down memory lane! I loved the Slick 50 info-mmercials...
Of course it all sounded too good to be true, so...
I had to try some & found only a tiny improvement in gas mileage on my E250 van with the 300ci straight 6 cyl. Engine. Was fun to watch them drain the oil from a v8 and watch it just continue to run & run & run! 😅
I can't say that slick 50 reduces wear but I dumped a quart in my motorcycle and the clutch slipped so bad the bike would not even move had to change the oil several times before it would actually work properly so whatever is in there to reduce friction works works %300
I like your chanel very much you always do your best to explain how things work, but today's video took the cake , you exposed this people and their scams like no one take their time to do , thank God bless you and your family keek bringing the good content you do and please don't change anything it works well the way you do teach and explain hot to people like us that have no idea how things work and how to repair them
It’s funny that Dupont came out with their own version of Slick 50 called TMT the Teflon Motor Treatment. If one does some research you’ll dig up several other brands of PTFE Teflon treatments made in the 80’s. One is Tephguard. FYI original formula Slick 50 is still made in Australia.
Yep, lotta money in snake oil. Might as well try to get a share, since no one is listening, but they are spending. Still true today.
As I always said, If slicks in the name, it’s probably not your game. Honestly just keep clean synthetic oil in your engine and you should be beyond fine. Amazing work on the video Taryl!
This was a great video Taryl I gotta agree with you all that snake oil is just that snake oil kinda like that Fuel stabilizer stuff, bottom line change your oil on a regular basis and keep fresh gas in your Mowers and you will be fine and keep that Air filter clean, as always Taryl your the Man!!!!
Love the Sound of older Briggs engines. They are well made, not like now
years ago i had 200 hp 2 stroke Merc outboard,in kit for application there was 3 small bottles ? any had to put in while running and had to fog it in,anyway it idled 200 rpm higher ever since,i think its less resistance on movind parts?
Ronnie Jerkenstein! Love his cameos. You can still buy Slick 50. I seem to recall my dad snickering over the suggestion to use it in motors in the 1970s.
Another great video!
AND props to the cameraman for always giving us a very good, and steady point of view!
What she said .. last night when I let her up...
Taryl! Excellent job rethreading the crank. Super job.
I love the way yall do these video's good job guys funny but knowledgeable
Do you think the former "users" took some torque off the rod bolts to prevent greater heat build up from the tighter tolerence when torqued to spec?
Yes, Slick 50 was a popular thing, i used it in a few motorcycles back in the day, also remember 'Stromberg Spark plug booster', they had a very interesting demo.
I have a soft spot for the old L-head motors. Still have two of them. One has a bent shaft that could not be straightened, but I took the mower blade and carefully cut metal off the "high" slide (crank is bent, so blade is lower on one side when spinning) and was able to get it pretty well balanced. I use it for mowing a rough slope near my house. Those motors would run forever if you just kept oil in them. Also, I really liked Slick 50 grease. I was sorry to see it go.
I see you found that Briggs and stranton ran the engine with the snake oil for 20 hours and then 20 hours without the snake oil. how long did the other engine run without the regular oil?
You could CNC many clear covers using that one as a pattern!!
I had a 92 Camry that I used Slick 50 in a bunch of times and I had it until I sold it at 450,000 miles and every time I had our yearly inspection the mechanic told me it had almost no negative emissions. I saw some guy driving the car 4 years after I sold it. There was a time around 250,000 miles where the main seal 🦭 broke and oil was pouring out and I drove it around for 2 days trying to find a mechanic who could fix it cheap and I kept dumping oil in it until it could get fixed. I don’t know if it was the Slick 50 or not or the synthetic oil I used, but that car was unstoppable
I remember back in the mid 80's when Slick 50 was the latest and greatest oil additive " With PTFE" as advertised , and it wasn't cheap either. Like has been said, using a quality grade oil and changing when it's supposed to be changed, it make's all the difference in the world.
Old Briggs motor-not fancy,gaudy,or embelished---JUST WORKS!!!Love the transparent cover with LED lights powered from a bike generator spun by the motor flywheel.Always wondered what goes on behind that end bell----now I and everyone else who sees this video knows!Like the peek behind the curtain!
I remember back in the 80s, every car show/swap meet had a guy with that engine selling the Slick 50.
Great video! I saw one of these demo the Slick stuff in Louisville KY back in the day. I think it was at a Carl Casper's event. Never thought I'd see another one. Super find and video!
Love it when he hoots and hollers. Hes a nut. I watch taryl every night
i remember a counter top display that had several gears between 2 pieces of clear (plexiglass ?) and a handle that you cranked by hand . you could see the product (slick 50 ?) transferred from bottom gear to upper ones . never saw an actual engine display though . also , there was a muffler display with a cutaway portion , and the rest molded clear , to look like the muffler casing . a kid in my school said that he was gonna get some of those see thru mufflers when he got his 1st car . yeah , we weren't harvard material , lol .
The oil demonstration thing was Lucas oil stabilizer, I always thought those things were cool.
I remeber those at Montgomery Wards service scenter when my dad was getting oil changed I would crank on them for something to do.
My auto mechanics teacher in high school had one of those displays, back in 1991. Was it an early display for Lucas Oil? Seems like i remember the colors being similar. I used to crank that thing almost every day. Lol. All of us did.
That's a demonstration for that Lucas crap.
Had that at fair early 80's was for amsoil gear lube
Great video Taryl. That engine is a pretty cool conversation piece to have around the shop.
I remember seeing a slick 50 demonstration at a car show with a white Briggs engine. My guess is that was the first running of that engine. Also saw a demonstration at the same car show for a special water pump that if dry was supposed to pump enough air to prevent the engine from catastrophically overheating, turned out they were running the oil through a chiller to keep the engine cold. They sell all kinds of weird additives and miracle parts.