Section II. REPAIR EXPENDITURE LIMITS

condition in support maintenance shops by repair or

tractors, FSC Class 2430.

b. These data will be used to determine eligibility for

replacement of individual parts and components. Repair

of such vehicles will be limited to those maintenance

repair of complete Army vehicles. Component repair

operations indicated in the applicable Maintenance

costs and expenditure limits will not be computed

Allocation Charts.

separately when vehicle eligibility repair costs are being

determined.

Reporting

Equipment

Publication

2. Scope. This bulletin is applicable to --

Improvements. The Reporting of errors, omissions, and

a. All Army organizations, installations and activities,

recommendations for improving this publication by the

and the Reserve components, worldwide.

individual user is encouraged.

Reports should be

b. All US Army-procured end items of materiel

submitted on DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes

requiring repair or overhaul (either by contract or in-

to DA Publications) and forwarded direct to the

house).

Commanding General U.S.

Army Tank-Automotive

Command, ATTN: AMSTA-TP, Warren, Mich. 48090.

3. General Provisions. Unserviceable, economically

repairable Tractors will be restored to a serviceable

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b. Compute the maximum permissible repair cost

a. Perform a complete technical

5. Procedure.

for a vehicle as follows:

inspection in accordance with applicable vehicle

(1) Obtain the cost factor from the appendix.

technical manuals

when a vehicle becomes

(2) Determine the current standard cost of the

unserviceable or reaches its final year of life expectancy

specific model vehicle from Department of the Army

and there is every indication that cost of repair is likely to

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exceed one-half of the expenditure limit. In conducting

(3) Multiply the standard cost by the cost

technical inspections, maximum use will be made of

factor.

available diagnostic equipment.

(4) The result is the maximum expenditure

b. The appropriate maximum repair expenditure

permitted for repair of this vehicle.

limit cost factor contained in the appendix will be used in

conjunction with the technical inspection. In no instance

7. Maximum Expenditure Limit for Repairable

will required repairs be deferred, omitted, or broken into

separate estimates to avoid exceeding established

Assemblies/Parts. a. The maximum expenditure limit

expenditure limits and there-by circumventing the intent

for repairable assemblies such as starters, generators,

of this directive.

pumps, fans, clutches, etc., and refurbishable parts

c. Repair costs, for use in conjunction with the

authorized to be reworked is limited to 65 percent of the

appendix to determine vehicle repair eligibility are

acquisition cost of the new assembly/part. Exception will

defined in section IV.

be on an individual request basis, or as published in

6. Expenditure Limits. a. Expenditure limits are the

special communications such as supply letters.

b. Refurbishable parts include those individual piece

product of the current vehicle unit price multiplied by the

parts for which rework instructions have been published.

cost factor obtained from the appendix. Average vehicle

Examples include but are not limited to crankshafts,

life expectancy is also shown in the appendix. Vehicle

housings, track, sprockets, roadwheels, support rollers

unit prices are contained in Department of the Army

and suspension arms.

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(2) When there is indication that the vehicle

8. Procedure. a. Perform a technical inspection in

may be uneconomically repairable.

accordance with instructions contained in applicable

(3) When a vehicle is damaged through other

vehicle technical manuals when any or a combination of

than fair wear and tear.

the following conditions exist:

(4) When a vehicle reaches its final year of life

expectancy.

(1) When diagnosis indicates that repairs

(5) When a vehicle is declared excess to the

required are beyond the scope of maintenance of the

activity performing the inspection.