This is the job I've been dreading, but it's long overdue...I need to replace the EGR pipe gasket (#1 in the picture).
Is it possible to do it without loosing the big nut #27 on the other end? Can you just pull the pipe out without loosening the nut, like someone said in the 60 series thread? Otherwise, I can't access that nut because the exhaust down pipe is in the way. If I have to loosen the nut, it appears that I either need to take out the cooler (which I really don't want to get into), or find some kind of 36 mm Crow's Foot wrench to get at it laterally. I figure it can't be that hard to replace this gasket!
Another problem I ran into is that stud #21 broke when I tried to remove the nut, but most of the stud came out along with the nut. What would you guys do? I can potentially just screw the broken stud back in and call it a day, but obviously I prefer to get the broken part out if there's is a relatively painless way do so.
Is it possible to do it without loosing the big nut #27 on the other end? Can you just pull the pipe out without loosening the nut, like someone said in the 60 series thread? Otherwise, I can't access that nut because the exhaust down pipe is in the way. If I have to loosen the nut, it appears that I either need to take out the cooler (which I really don't want to get into), or find some kind of 36 mm Crow's Foot wrench to get at it laterally. I figure it can't be that hard to replace this gasket!
Another problem I ran into is that stud #21 broke when I tried to remove the nut, but most of the stud came out along with the nut. What would you guys do? I can potentially just screw the broken stud back in and call it a day, but obviously I prefer to get the broken part out if there's is a relatively painless way do so.