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If you were follow the flow of air you would come to the actuator. It's kind of buried under the intake manifold, down in what I call "the hell hole". It's fine that you don't want the ASR, but in essence you can't just get rid of it. It's an electronic throttle ("drive-by-wire" you might say) and no way to bypass or eliminate it without a huge budget.
I would say that by clearing the codes the problem should be gone. If you have reoccurring problems with ASR lights and linm-home mode, then I'd say the mechanic is correct and more than likely it needs an actuator. I don't know if you caused the problem by tugging on the throttle under the hood or not, but you definitely don't have a unique problem. This is very common on M119 V8's as well as the V12's. The thing to be aware of which I'll share with everyone here, is to make sure (believe it or not) on the V12 that they replace the correct one! The RIGHT ETA is on the LEFT side of the engine (if you study the engine design, the intake manifolds go off to the other side of the engine) and the LEFT ETA is on the RIGHT side of the engine. Pretty confusing. There are other components that work this way on the V12, can't think of what they are right now.
Gilly
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