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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