Need help.

Just get a replacement EGR gasket like the one dangling on the studs in the pic, it will take the heat & is made for the task. The block-off plate should be 1/8" thick min. or
thicker.........but first, what is blocking the center hole in the intake?
Ok. Thanks. And the center hole just above where the EGR goes. There was nothing there. From what I could tell is just threads doesn't seem to be open in the end. Unless some here knows what should be there?