Finished. Didn't take pics, I didn't want to touch my camera with all the gas on me. I changed the fuel pump as well. The new pump does not make any noise when you turn the key to on like the old one did. Maybe the old one was going out?? who knows. THANK YOU to Sublimewind for the link to the manua...

WARM WEATHER AT LAST!! Going to do it this weekend. Will post pics.

Thanks. I think I am going to wait till spring. Freakin' to cold to be laying on the ground.

Had the same problem with mine. 04 vibe. Ran the a/c 100% for 2 years in the caribbean. Lots of bumps in the roads. Kicking the bottom of the motor with your foot works to get it started again if it stops. Replaced the motor and all is good now.

Got a 04 metal gas tank off a Matrix from eBay for $140 shipped. Hope it's the same as the Vibe. Looks like it. Crossing fingers.

Thanks for the replies. It took my wife until we returned to the states before she told me what had happened. The heat shield on the bottom of the tank that was also crushed started hitting the exhaust pipe one day and so I looked under the car. I was like "Holy Crap!"If my tank had been t...

Hi all. I own a 2004 Vibe FWD. While living on the island of St. Marten in the french west indies, my wife ran up on a curb and came down on a boulder about a foot tall. It crushed about 1/3 of the gas tank. It missed the exhaust pipe that runs under the tank and did not do any other damage at all. ...