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So, what exactly did Jesus teach that wasn't written down and how do we know what it is and how do we know that it has been handed down faithfully?

How about answering the first part of the question?

I notice that every time the question is asked of what those teachings are, NOBODY ever answers it.

As far as the claim that God promised to keep the oral teaching from corruption, that is not what those verses say.

John 14:25-2625 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

That verse can only apply to those disciples to whom Jesus was directly speaking as nobody else heard the words that He said to them. John 16:13 is no promise of protecting oral tradition from corruption either.

There is no way to protect oral tradition from corruption and the attempt to claim it by the Catholic church falls flat because it is not even consisten4t with itself throughout its own history, much less with Scripture.

trebb asked some very relevant and interesting questions. To refresh your memory.....I guess a better question would be, "What does the Bible lack that would keep an interested person from reading, understanding, and appreciating the Good News of the Gospels. What does it lack to keep a person from making the decision to accept Christ as the Savior?"

So just where is Scripture lacking and why and why would anyone even think so?