exhaust EGR tube on 4.6is

[c4racer]

I am doing the water pump on my 03 4.6is and there is this annoying exhaust tube that goes right across the front that I had to remove in order to get the pump off and new one on. so what I did is remove it on the drivers side and pulled it out a bit enough to gain clearance to R&R the pump. The Bentley manual says nothing about this tube btw, so not sure if it is a 4.6is only or also on the 4.4i.

It is a major PITA to get back in place... Somehow I can't get it lined up quite right - might have bent the tube a bit during the process of moving it out of the way.
Any hot tips on how to get that tube back in the hole?
I am using a mirror to look down the area where the tube goes into the hole, but seeing it doesn't help get the damn thing to line up....

I'm spending more time on that than I did on actually swapping the pump!

It's always something silly like this on these kind of jobs...