Welp, got it figured out, after pulling all the parts in the above post and seeing more needing yo be removed, I returned to underneath the hood, struggled a little with the grommet and it finally released, 8mm sWell, on two long screws on the expansion valve, jiggled it back and forth with needle n...

I'm working on my 05 Vibe and have been very successful with YouTube University to help me, but this expansion valve has me stumped. I've tried getting it out from under the hood but couldn't release the hose bibs from the valve, hoses came off but there are still bibs sticking out of the firewall. ...