I'm used to working on vehicles in Michigan and when stuff looks as rusted as the EGR fitting looked I figured it was going to break but it didn't. I did have to buy a wrench but such is life. It's running great now with the new intake manifold gaskets, TPS, IAS, FPR etc. Thanks for all the help. Anyone want to buy a very low miles (73,000) 2001 Ebony VX with lots of new parts?