A300
Maintenance Airframe; Maintenance Apprentice
Communication Breakdown
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Maintenance Action
Incorrect / Not Installed / Unavailable Part; Procedure; Manuals
Flexible braided line above gear failed. Replaced with line from [another] hydraulic kit. Asked [service] desk if I should submit a report because of part number difference of lines. I was told no because line replacement is covered under AMM 20-23-XX-XX. After aircraft departure and before arrival at next station I called maintenance control and spoke to Mr. X quoting AMM ref and page 50 para 6 in ref to time tracking on a line replacement with a line from our kit. I was told it was a permanent repair and no [follow up item] would be issued. Next morning I involved my Manager with my concerns that some kind of tracking should be in place for the installation of correct part number line. At first Mr. X insisted it was a permanent repair. We agreed that I submit a safety report for clarification. Ultimately deemed repair as temporary and maintenance control issued a [follow up item] for 20 cycles.Not exactly sure how to prevent when two maintenance controllers and an engineer told me it was a permanent repair only to find out otherwise upon my own insistence.
A Maintenance Technician reported of some confusion if a replacement hydraulic line was a permanent or temporary fix.