TM 5-4520-244-24P
*Complete Repair: Maintenance capacity, capability, and authority to perform all corrective maintenance
tasks of the “Repair” function in a use/user environment in order to restore serviceability to a failed item.
(1) Source Code. The source code tells you how to get an item needed for maintenance, repair, or
overhaul of an end item/equipment. Explanations of source codes follows:
Explanation
Stocked items; use the applicable NSN to request/requisition items with these source
codes. They are authorized to the category indicated by the code entered in the 3rd
position of the SMR code.
*NOTE: Items coded PC are subject to deterioration.
Items with these codes are not to be requested/requisitioned individually. They are part
of a kit which is authorized to the maintenance category indicated in the 3rd position of
the SMR code. The complete kit must be requisitioned and applied.
Explanation
Items with these codes are not to be requested/requisitioned
individually. They must be made from bulk material which is
identified by the part number in the DESCRIPTION and USABLE
ON CODE (UOC) column and listed in the Bulk Material group of
the repair parts list in this RPSTL. If the item is authorized to you by
the 3rd position code of the SMR code, but the source code
indicates it is made at a higher level, order the item from the higher
level of maintenance.
Explanation
Items with these codes are not to be requested/requisitioned
individually, The parts that make up the assembled item must
be requisitioned or fabricated and assembled at the level of
maintenance indicated by the source code. If the 3rd position
code of the SMR code authorizes you to replace the item, but
the source code indicates the items are assembled at a higher
level, order the item from the higher level of maintenance.
Explanation
Do not requisition “XA’’-coded item. Order its next higher assembly. (Also, refer to the NOTE
below.)
If an “XB” item is not available from salvage, order it using the CAGEC and part number given
Installation drawing, diagram, instruction sheet, field service drawing, that is identified by
Reciprocating Compressor manufacturer’s part number.
Item is not stocked, Order an “XD” -coded item through normal supply channels using the
CAGEC and part number given if no NSN is available.
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