get a slip-joint-wrench and use that to twist it to the left a little bit. put the top part of the wrench under the egr lip and wedge it up. or use some L shaped tool to wedge it up.

 

Does anybody know about this original post? I did this and had blue white smoke coming out my exhaust. I plugged the EGR back in ,replaced the throttle plate (04) hooked the batteries back up and the smoke went away. Does anybody get smoke when they unhook there EGR for awhile?