[AT] oil pressure

[Skip Cleveland]

I think you guys are all talking about Slick 50.

Skip
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Grant" <jfgrant at zoomon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] oil pressure


> Ralph, your last reminded me of a demonstration many years ago at Michigan 
> State Univ. Ag. Days. There was a v-8 engine on a test stand with the pan 
> off. You could see that there were no hidden lines or anything of such. 
> The engine was running at about 1/3 throttle and ran all day long. The 
> "factory guy" would raise the rpm's now and then just to get some more 
> attention. Great sounding muffler as I recall. I don't remember what the 
> engine was coated with for sure but I think it was the STP stuff. This was 
> before it was named STP.  (back in the early 60's) Sorta fun remembering 
> that old story. They had a two-cyl. engine there also but it was not 
> running.  It was sectionalized on a display stand.  Long Time Ago.  JG
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 9:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] oil pressure
>
>
>> Mike Sloane wrote:
>>  It seems to
>>> me that STP used to have an ad on TV where they drained all the oil out 
>>> of two cars, one with STP in it and one without, and then ran them 
>>> around a track. Of course the one without STP froze up after a couple of 
>>> laps, but the STP equipped car just kept going. I don't know if anyone I 
>>> knew really believed the ad and was willing to try running their car 
>>> that way, but it looked good.
>>
>> I'm sure theres more stories like that out there. The version I heard 
>> locally was the time when a fellow hit a stone or other obstruction that 
>> knocked the oil pan plug out of his car and it lost its oil. He did not 
>> know this had happened until he arrived at his destination. The engine 
>> had no oil left in it but was still running fine due to the fact that the 
>> owner regularly used STP in his engine.
>> Second hand information of course but still interesting.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
>>
>>
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