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There is a regular poster over on the Model T Ford Club of Americas forum that does not seem to have any problems with the planatary in his Model K.

Re; The Model K was six cylinders and was somewhat of a failure due to the planetary transmission. Planetary trannys worked well in small, light cars, but did not perform well in heavy cars. Ford blamed the failure of the Model K on the six cylinders instead of the planetary transmission.

The Model K was not a failure, it was a good car and had good sales. The expensive K was not the route H. Ford wanted to go. He wanted a lite car that the masses could buy. When the 32 came out, most cars at the time had 6's so he gave them 2 more in a low price range. At that time Chevrolet was running a 6 and was taking the sales lead.