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• Re: Synthetic Oil (?)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jan 1995 08:04:42 -0800
  ...It really is quite informative, but, the main subject is SLICK 50 (horrors).
• Re: Speaking of batteries...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Apr 1995 10:04:33 -0400
  ...would certainly do it, right? This thing smells suspiciously similar to Slick 50 in this respect--kind of a marketing thing. Can you send...
• Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:17:04 -0800
  ...On Nov 23, 2007 9:07 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > Nah, the best yet is, what was it, Slick 50?, that...
• Synthetic oil or DINO
  Historical mailing list - Leo Lee
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 16:15:49 -0700
  ...Some said changing to 15/50 significantly reduced oil consumption, some reported that synthetic oil is slippery, slick through tiny gap and consume more...
• SLICK-50 VS MY 85 VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 21:29:04 -0400
  Just a kind pointer to Victor and Robert: Humor posts are for Fridays. Now I'll go back to the productive task of looking...
• Re: POST: Steering Column Volt Meter
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 18:14:13 -0400
  Very slick installation. It appears to be a blue LED display, not LCD. On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Abel Longoria...
• Re: Blindspots sensors
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sun, 4 Jun 2017 06:08:07 -0700
  ...http://www.slickcar.com/reverse-backup-sensors.asp On 6/3/2017 22:50, Jared Planter wrote: > Can you share a URL to the...
• zMax - Anyone tried it? Comments?
  Historical mailing list - Sharon & Miguel Calvin
  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 05:04:58 -0500
  ...Even slick 50 doesn't offer anything like that. They also guarantee at least 10% fuel milage increase. Anyone with documented experience out there...
• Re: Adding Slick50 to engine and transmission of 91 Westy,Opinion?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:53:02 -0400
  ...I've been using 15W-50 in my WBX for sometime now with good results. Chris, '85 Westy.
• Re: Adding Slick50 to engine and transmission
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 18:06:01 -0700
  ...Slick 50 and the other manufactures of Teflon additives must get there PTFE from the jobber market, cause Dupont won't sell it to...
• Re: Techron
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:44:38 -0400
  ...DuPont tried the get the Slick-50 people to take their name off the product, dunno if they succeeded. I believe they still sell...
• RE: Bolt extraction (with lasers)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 11:51:39 -0500
  ...s actually >WORKED? Or are these gadgets the mechanical equivalent of Slick-50? i'd like to hear about it too, there a few...
• Re: Clutch slave r+r from bracket: What Works?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:52:30 -0700
  ...I wound up making a tool - < http://picasaweb.google.com/birdworks/VW/photo?authkey=CeQL9X0zp1A#5067889535431353874 > and then epoxied a nut to the new...
• Re: My weekend project.
  Historical mailing list - Ron Tipton
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 22:25:46 -0400
  On Jun 7, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Mike S wrote: > Jo-Anne Fabrics had a 50% off sale on home furnishing fabrics, so...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 20 May 2002 - Special issue (#2002-617)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Calhoun
  Mon, 20 May 2002 20:03:11 -0400
  Hi one and all, Duralube, Slick 50, Power Up, Prolong, No mystery oil for me! A few years ago their was a TV ad...
• Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:09:59 -0700
  ...Is this product on par with Redline synthetic ATF, gear oil, and motor oil; or is it just another Slick-50 or Turbonator? -- John...
• Re: Biodiesel Bandits Make Slick Getaway (was Diesels on NPR this
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Fri, 14 May 2004 22:45:03 -0700
  ...They stole 5000Lbs of grease worth less than $0.14 per pound...? More and more often, I find myself amazed that humans ever managed...
• Re: more on reblt trns slipping outta 4th
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 13:54:01 EDT
  ...Slick 50 manual transmission additive. I had a '76 (091) bus that had a worn- out synchro on 1 & 2. I NEEDED to drive...
• Re: Warning against engine additives! was: Strange Noise Fixed, I think
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 07:48:25 -0800
  FYI Slick-50 is the butt end of a class action law suit. Something about not actually having any real data to back up...
• Re: slick50 - Another Victim
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 03:40:39 PDT
  ...Then he told me to take it home....and put a >bottle of this Slick 50 into it. Said it was like jet fuel...
• Oil Additive - OK?
  Historical mailing list - wsilva
  Fri, 29 Nov 1996 10:24:41 -0800
  ...what are your feelings about using an oil additive such as Slick 50 or something simular? My mechanic says "It probably woun't do...
• Re: Slick 50 for Manual transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 29 Jul 2000 09:55:07 -0500
  Bulley, I have seen the damage that these types of products do to the internals of transmissions, and engines and it's ugly. I...
• Re: More HP Stories?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 25 Aug 1994 09:50:19 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the consensus was: "save your money" Another snake oil product (like slick 50, etc) Thom -- ............................................................................ : Thom Fitzpatrick Transamerica Info Mgmnt : : Systems Administrator 1860 Howe...
• Redline MTL
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 11:14:45 -0800
  ...Can anyone tell me if this product is similar to the Slick 50 >> products. Does the Slick 50 transmission treatment give you the same...
• Re: Additives...
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 09 May 1996 17:11:19 -0700
  ...of the different brands/types? I have had >positive experiences with Slick 50, Engine Armor, Motor Honey, etc....any of These are some of...
• Re: Biodiesel Bandits Make Slick Getaway (was Diesels on NPR this morning) NVC
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 14 May 2004 13:53:45 -0700
  ...403374|oddlyenough|05-14-2004::08:07|reuters.html ------- They stole 5000Lbs of grease worth less than $0.14 per pound...? More and more...
• Re: My weekend project.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 21:34:19 -0500
  ...http://www.flatsurface.com/vanagon/curtains/index.html > > pretty slick. > > I remain, as always > YrLyl&ObdntSrvnt, > > r >
• Re: Manual transmission Q's
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Aug 1997 06:34:28 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I have also seen VAST improvement by adding Slick 50 Manual Trans fluid additive. feeling very shifty, gmbulley faifax,va
• Re: LOUD Engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 18:03:49 -0700
  ...He says to fix it I should change the oil and add some Slick 50, then let the motor run for a while revving...
• Re: Bi-Tron Oil
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 12:34:07 -0800
  Greetings Bruno Bi-Tron is nothing like Slick 50. As Bill Davidson wrote the oil is a positive charged oil, just oil, nothing else...
• Re: Slick 50 for Manual transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:21:31 -0400
  ...Slick 50 for Manual transmissions The following paragraphs are an excerpt from an interesting article that appeared in Road Rider Magazine (a motorcycle publication...
• Re: Synthetic oil or DINO
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:35:51 EDT
  ...Some said changing to 15/50 significantly reduced oil consumption, some reported that synthetic oil is slippery, slick through tiny gap and consume more...
• Re: Frequency of Oil Changes
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 04 Jul 94 12:22:40 CDT
  ...i tried Slick 50. $20 for one quart! it's been two years since i tried it and i keep pretty good records of...
• Oil hocus pocus
  Historical mailing list - Geoff Wilke
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 17:19:56 -0700
  ...From what I've read on this board it might be in the same category as slick 50 and such. I still continue to...
• Re: Gas Brand Preferences?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:48:53 -0800
  ...Mark Richard A Jones wrote: > > I think Techron additive is the flip of Slick 50. Instead of a bad > product that doesn't work...
• Re: Clutch Cross Shaft Arm Wear. Abnormal? PICS
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 20:36:25 -0700
  ...additive, no Prolong, but when I asked the same > employee about "Slick 50", he said no complaints. He had heard good > things about it...
• Re: SplitFire plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Oct 1995 20:11:17 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Oh, while you're down there at the FLAPS, could you pick me up some Slick 50? Thom -- > Making government work is easy, the...
• Re: Squeaking Bushings
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 06:59:54 EDT
  ...My Mechanic believes the bushings are the culprit but said they're dry.<<<snip>>> Anyone else squeaking? YES Anyone fix it? Tried Slick 50...
• Re: Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:54:01 PDT
  ...like photoflow - but no one puts Slick 50 on their negatives... So the point is: a wetting agent is used in water, and teflon...
• Re: Audi 5000 alloy wheels any comments? Clarification/more
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 2 Jun 2002 00:20:51 EDT
  ...The BFGs went to 50K+ with 0.15" tread left. Both the Geos and the BFGs grip really well on rain slicked freeways, and...
• Re: POST: Steering Column Volt Meter
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 17:24:15 -0500
  ...wrote: > Very slick installation. > It appears to be a blue LED display, not LCD. > > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Abel...
• Re: Oil Additive - OK?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Dec 1996 06:08:28 -0500
  ...what are your feelings about using an oil additive such as Slick 50 or something simular? My mechanic says "It probably woun't do...
• wood splitter
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 08:54:00 -0700
  Matt...I run my hydraulic winch off my pwr steer pump...its designed that way and works slicker than snot.. 10,500 lbs pull...
• Re: Synthetic Oil (?)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 6 Jan 95 9:09:41 PST
  ...It really is quite > informative, but, the main subject is SLICK 50 (horrors). >
• Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:07:34 -0800
  Nah, the best yet is, what was it, Slick 50?, that you can put in your engine, drain it back out, and then run...
• Re: What type of oil for my 2.1 Boston Bob? Was Re: Mobil-1 shortage
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:13:44 -0500
  I'm not going to argue this point with anyone but I will say that synthetic oil is simply "Too slick" to allow the...
• Re: My weekend project.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 14:32:51 -0700
  ...My weekend project. > On Jun 7, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Mike S wrote: > >> Jo-Anne Fabrics had a 50% off sale on home...
• Re: Slick 50 for Manual transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 07:48:33 -0700
  ...in Road Rider Magazine (a motorcycle publication) concerning the use of Slick 50 and related products in lubricating oils. You can read the entire...
• Re: What is that Google quick search tip for archives?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:41:19 -0600
  ...4, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > Months (or years) ago, somebody posted a slick method of searching Vanagon...
• Re: Slick 50 for Manual transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 08:08:01 -0700
  > of hard to check... the gas tank on the syncro is > extremely hard to fill > completely. After pump clicks off I can add another...
• Re: CV advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 26 Nov 96 21:32:26 CST
  ...it's black and slick and literally leaps off the cv joint to get on your arms, face, and clothes. but it works goooood...
• Re: Squeak, rattle, and roll
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 08:24:42 -0700
  ...I have found Slick 50 One Lube spray with Teflon gives the longest lasting relief, and I have tried several other sprays. Just spray...
• Re: Most miles on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - ron
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:36:06 +1000
  ...Apart from regular servicing the only other thing I did was to put a can (1 litre) of "SLICK 50" in with the oil...
• Re: Vanagon A/C
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 18:47:27 -0700
  >In contrast, the slick unit in the >'90 Wolfsburg works great - its relatively quiet, and manages to >cool the cavernous interior with no problem...
• Additives...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 1996 16:18:20 -0700
  ...What can you tell me about the value of the different brands/types? I have had positive experiences with Slick 50, Engine Armor, Motor...
• Speedometer has started failing intermittently. Where to start troubleshooting?
  Historical mailing list - K. Taylor
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:40:37 -0700
  ...22:03:50 -0400 > To: Recipients of vanagon digests <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Subject: vanagon Digest - 28 Aug 2000 - Special issue (#2000-7) > > slick50
• FI Cleaners (survey)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jul 95 14:15:27 EDT
  Someone on the list recently posted a message on the good results obtained from Slick 50 FI/fuel cleaner. I'd like to get...
• Re: Oil hocus pocus
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 20:30:17 PDT
  ...From what I've read on this >board it might be in the same category as slick 50 and such. I still >continue to...
• Re: Redline MTL--important!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 12:40:28 -0800
  ...I still change it every 50,000 miles. Be careful with additives, some can be too slick for proper syncro ring friction, resulting in...
• Re: Oil hocus pocus
  Historical mailing list - george c caldwell
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 20:26:30 -0400
  ...Can't easily find it now, since Slick 50 did the Bill Gates type marketing move on K-Mart. george 87 syncro 88 qsw...