Well I found the problem. There are two springs in the whole linkage assembly. The spring that you cant see in plain sight was broken due to corrosion. This spring attaches under the intake near the electronic throttle. I had to take the oil filter cap off to shimmy my hand in there to replace it.

Thanks for the diagram!

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93 300D 2.5 Turbo, Black/Palomino 273K
09 E350 Black/Black 41K