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Thanks to all you guys. I was able to change the EGR VSV on my Camry 2000 (4 cyl). Some of the things I did are as follows:

1) Wore a thick full sleeved t-shirt (thanks to others earlier who warned about sharp corners)

2) Did not remove the front right wheel but turned it all the way to the left. Then jacked up the car.

3) Then removed the plastic thing just after the wheel (mud guard ??). See the attached image 1_wheel_well.JPG for that plastic thing's pic.

4) Used the tools shown in attached image 2_tools.JPG. From left, ratchet wrench, 20 inch extension bar (craftsman), universal joint and 12 mm socket. All are 3/8" inch.

5) Removed the electrical connector after going underneath. Remember to press on the tab before yanking it off. The left blue colored thing in the attached image 3_vsv_locn.JPG is the connector. And the right blue colored thing is the one on the new VSV. It took me a while to figure out the tab.

6) Removed the bolt attached to the VSV by lying outside on the floor near the right from wheel. The 20 inch extension helped. See the attached image 3_vsv_locn.JPG. This image is after I had connected the vacuum pipes the new VSV but before connecting the electrical connector and before bolting it. The jutting non magnetic tool has grabbed the part of the VSV which has the hole for the bolt.

7) Go underneath the car and do what others earlier have told about changing the VSV

8) While installing the new VSV, the bolt is difficult to put using the tools (even with the magnetic inserts I had). However, I was able to screw the bolt using my hands by going underneath and then tightned it by using the tools from outside. I inserted the bolt in the hole in the new VSV with index finger and then took the VSV near the hole in the engine block and then screwed it with the same index finger. I could not believe that I was able to tighten it with my hands and that too with restriction of using only one finger. I was really relieved that this step turned out to be quick for me.


9) Also get all the tools mentioned by others. I purchased all the tools mentioned in step 4) above as well as magnetic pickup tool, non-magnetic pickup tool, inspection mirror, magnetic inserts. For e.g. the mirror was useful while putting back the plastic thing which I removed in step 3 above

Best of luck to others.

Thanks
Diwakar