SECTION 1. GENERAL

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Maintenance Expenditure Limits *TB 43-0002-28

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SECTION VII.

REFERENCES

7-1. Department of Army Publications

Paragraph 7-1.

SECTION VIII

EXPLANATIONS OF ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS

8-1. Department of Army Acronyms.

Paragraph 8-1.

SECTION IX

APPENDIX

9-1. General

Paragraph 9-1.

9-2. Explanation of Columns

Paragraph 9-2.

Appendix A - MEL FACTORS FOR FSC CLASS 3805

Appendix B - MEL FACTORS FOR FSC CLASS 3810

Appendix C - MEL FACTORS FOR FSC CLASS 3815 - MEL does not apply

Appendix D - MEL FACTORS FOR FSC CLASS 3820

Appendix E - MEL FACTORS FOR FSC CLASS 3835

Appendix F - MEL FACTORS FOR FSC CLASS 3830

Appendix G - MEL FACTORS FOR FSC CLASS 3895

Appendix H - List of Equipment Obsolete or No Longer Supported.

SECTION 1. GENERAL

1-1. Purpose. This Technical Bulletin (TB) prescribes the Maintenance Expenditure Limits (MEL)

which applicable support maintenance level technical inspections will use to determine repair

eligibility or disposition when inspections are performed on equipment received for repair to a

serviceable condition and return to user, transfer, or for turn-in. These limits do not apply to

Department of the Army (DA) directed repair programs. The material proponent (US Army Tank-

automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)) is responsible for specifying the MEL percentage

found in the appropriate appendix in this TB.

1-2. Scope. This TB applies to all active Army, Army National Guard, and United States Army

Reserve applicable support level maintenance units including Army Depot Activities, when performing

repair-and-return to user service. It does not apply to unit level or programmed depot repair. Materiel

proponents must make a decision concerning the eligibility/suitability of materiel for depot repair or

disposal prior to programming repair.

SECTION II. DETERMINING EXPENDITURE LIMITS

2-1. Procedures. A determination to ensure that the expenditure limits will not be exceeded is

required each time an item is received at the applicable maintenance level or at depot level on a

repair to use basis. Repair will not be broken into separate jobs to reduce the total cost. Whenever

cost to repair exceeds the MEL, the item must be reported for disposition or a waiver to repair must

be obtained.

To determine expenditure limits:

a. The MEL percentage factors identified in the appropriate appendix in this TB will be used to

determine the maximum dollar amount, which can be expended to return an item to a serviceable

condition. This dollar amount is the limit of repair authorized. The limit is compared with the

estimated cost of repair. Repair is not authorized if the estimated cost exceeds the MEL, unless a

waiver is granted to exceed MEL.

b. An inspection is performed to determine the extent of the maintenance effort required for restoring

the item to prescribed conditions or serviceable condition and determine if the item is economically

repairable.

The estimated repair cost is obtained during this process by computing the cost/elements which are

required to repair an item to the standards specified in the appropriate TM. Procedures are in

SECTION III of this TB.