1967 Mercedes-Benz 230SL

Inherited the 230SL from Rube and have a long history with various problems with it.  At the end of last summer, I started it up and it ran, idling for 45 minutes before I put it up in the garage for the winter.  Yesterday I pushed it out and jump-started it with the truck.  It popped on and ran, but the accelerator linkage came undone.  I idled it for 30 or 40 minutes just the same and shut her down.  I put a new top radiator hose in that I ordered on the internet.  No problem there and I should order the bottom one as well, because the one I have in there is not the right one and I have it stood off from the fan by teflon straps, which is subsufficient.  The accelerator linkage popped off a fulcrum under the passenger side manifold.  You can see it from behind the front wheel, but you can only get your hands on it  by jamming them beneath the manifold, front and back.  It doesn't want to go back on.  I can't find my book, so I need to do some research as to what might have popped off there and where it might have gone.  Long ways to go to get this car primo.  It smells inside something terrible, too.