Originally Posted by braverichard

I started the process of getting rid of the EGR valve on my 1984 300SD. Then I ran into a problem. I got to step 8 of Brian's instructions, "clean the surface of the exhaust pipe where the clamp was removed in step 4." See the attached picture of my engine bay. It seems like the corrugated metal tube is strongly glued/welded/etc to the exhaust manifold. A simple tug on it after the clamp has been removed didn't take it off the manifold. Should I apply force? Afterall, I am getting rid of the corrugated tube and the EGR right? No need to be careful to prevent breaking it as it will all be gone. I just didn't want to damage anything. Any help would be great. I sent a PM to Brian but I haven't received any response and I'd like to wrap this up tomorrow morning so I decided to post here. Hopefully someone who has been through it will have some words for me.