Removing EGR Plate

[smokinit2]

I'm installing a GT 40 intake on a 1992 5.0 GT ,removed stock upper/lower removed throttle body after some pounding, now cant get TB plate to come off,tried pounding with a rubber mallet nothing its like melded to the stock upper,help.......

 

[Dbeck002]

WD40, lots of it.


remember that EGR passageways are loaded with crud because coolant flows through them, so the studs are cruddy too. just keep lubing it up.

 

[88_GT_5_oh]

i pryed mine off with a screwdriver... then again i wasn't reusing it so it didn't matter