Odd lights

[ElBubba]

Here's an odd one. The right light on my PT425 died almost immediately upon arrival. I called PT and they sent a replacement bulb and holder. I just replaced the bulb and it's worked since although I doubt I've put two hours total on it.

Soon after the right light died, the left followed suit; in fact I hadn't even gotten around to replacing the right bulb.

Today I decided I'd replace the left and went out and bought a replacement bulb at TSC. When I popped out the bad left bulb I saw that the wire had popped loose rather than the bulb going bad. Turned out the wire had to be stretched tight as a piano wire to reach so I figured I'd just swap out the holder with the one PT had sent since it had about six inches of wire which would give me plenty of slack.

When I tried to take off the left holder I found out PT had used a metric (12mm) nut and bolt even though the bolt/nut for the right hand side light was English. This seemed so screwy I checked repeatedly - right English, left metric.

I realize this isn't particularly important (or interesting) but it struck me as mighty odd. Has anyone found other instances of metric HW on the PTs?

 

[egb6550]

My right light on my 422 failed almost immediately too.. I thought must be loose wire.. but I rarely use my PT at night so have yet to investigate.

 

[SnowRidge]

The Kohler is a mix, but I haven't found anything that I am sure is metric on the PT itself. However, a metric socket did fit the wheel hub nuts better than the equivalent SAE. I put that down to manufacturing slop in the HF sockets.

Maybe I was wrong.