Yup, a gear driven cam and side-valves too on their little flathead motors. A low efficiency design, not used much in cars or even tractors since the second world war. :) On 6/22/07, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > > Lawnmowers use meshed gears too, at least until the OHC motors came out. > You never heard your neighbor talking about how his belt or chain broke on > his mower. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Loren Busch > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:43 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc > > I'm waiting for the answers on this one...... > > On 6/22/07, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > > > > Just reading the post about "New Engine Conversion" - and I wonder - > > besides cost, is there any reason why engines have not had meshed gears > > to drive the cams. P > > >
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