SOB. I think you might be right there Frank. Thank you! It doesn't make much sense structurally to do something like that. Nothing intuitive about it at least. I was leaving room for it to actually be a number of things...fuel line wasn't among them though. I do appreciate your help. I'm getting close to closing up this cockpit so I've been getting anxious about finding an answer.
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If anyone does have a picture of damage/wreckage to this area or otherwise, by all means drop it here. I still like to be extra sure.