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This is what I found:
Reinstalling EGR valve to intake - WTF!
"-EGR reinstall: Antisieze union threads/studs. Put union nut on 2 revolutions. Put gasket /front stud in all the way. Use crowbar across valve cover (rag pad) under union nut to pry EGR up to get rear stud started.. It's going into the aluminum intake, so cautiious not to strip - move EGR up/down slightly until you can get rear stud started a couple revolutions.
Be sure gasket doesn't slip out. Now tighten rear stud in, tighten union nut, then install and tighten both stud bolts. Helps to NOT put upper bolt on water pipe until union nut is tight - will need space to swing cresent wrench on union nut. On one particularly frustrating one, I took the EGR valve off, and used the crow bar and block of wood to bend the EGR pipe a bit, then the EGR studs lined up. Use a flashlight to see which direction the holes are misaligned if the studs don't go in. Get aggressive on the pipe with the crowbar to align the holes."
-reference, IdahoDoug's HG video
Reinstalling EGR valve to intake - WTF!
"-EGR reinstall: Antisieze union threads/studs. Put union nut on 2 revolutions. Put gasket /front stud in all the way. Use crowbar across valve cover (rag pad) under union nut to pry EGR up to get rear stud started.. It's going into the aluminum intake, so cautiious not to strip - move EGR up/down slightly until you can get rear stud started a couple revolutions.
Be sure gasket doesn't slip out. Now tighten rear stud in, tighten union nut, then install and tighten both stud bolts. Helps to NOT put upper bolt on water pipe until union nut is tight - will need space to swing cresent wrench on union nut. On one particularly frustrating one, I took the EGR valve off, and used the crow bar and block of wood to bend the EGR pipe a bit, then the EGR studs lined up. Use a flashlight to see which direction the holes are misaligned if the studs don't go in. Get aggressive on the pipe with the crowbar to align the holes."
-reference, IdahoDoug's HG video