Chris; Slick 50 is nothing more than Dupont Teflon repackaged. In the
states we can buy the K-mart teflon for less money and it's the same
thing. A friend of mine did some testing with mobil one and teflon on
the dyno. He said he made the most power with one Quart mobil one and
five quarts teflon. The bearings never took a hit. I thought about using
it myself instead of straight mobil one but I guess I lack the testicle
fortitude. I have used Amsoil in transmissions and rear ends with good
luck but the one time I tried it in a motor it started to wear the
bearings. Change back to Valvoline 50w and the bearings (vandervell) ran
all season with no wear. Just my 2 cents worth.
Doug Odom in big ditch
Chris R Harris wrote:
>
> Compliments of the season to all on the list, thinking positively, 2001 is
> going to be a great year.
>
> New subject additives. What is the lists opinion on the subject, do you have a
> favorite, are they strictly 'mouse milk', most certainly don't stack up to
> the claims made, some definitely do help. The one I use in my manual trans and
> diff on the roadster (definitely not the engine though) is Slick 50. My
> experience here was using a heavy rotary slasher on the farm. Powered by a 100
> hp tractor, these very basic slashers swinging a heavy hub with 4 swinging
> blades, had a simple right angle bevel gear box between the PTO shaft and
> blade. In heavy going that box would get stink'in hot, couldn't touch it,
> always used the recommended oil. The addition of Slick made a huge reduction
> in box temperature, thats what convinced me it was doing its job.
>
> Lets hear your opinion including others like good assembly lubes or other
> special brews you have for particular purposes, there has to be plenty out
> there.
>
> Chris Harris New Zealand.
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