Brand New MG 1600 VACUUM help

[Hids4u]

Good evening all.
I have recently purchased an MG Maestro 1600. It's a very rare thing - actually brand new with 49 km on the clock. It's been stood for 40 years but has been stored in a dry country so in amazing shape.
The vacuum lines have not survived and I'm not sure where they all connect. There are two stubs on each inlet manifold section. I've seen the diagram for the 1300 but the MG has a different t set up. If anyone has any information or could share a photo that would be great. Thank you Ian

[Hids4u]

[Hids4u]

[Jeff Turbo]

You need doctor diesel for that as he knows where they all go. Should be here soon

[Doctordiesel77]

As Jeff says, I've had to untangle the pipes once or twice.... The four pipes on the bottom of the carbs on your first photo are just ports for vacum gauges when setting up, which reduces the pipe count a bit. The vacum feed pipe from the top of the servo pipe take off banjo on the manifold goes to a 4 way nylon manifold (usually replaced by t pieces...) , with pipes going from this to the heater, distributor vacum advance and the thermal vac switch on air cleaner. There is another pipe from thermal switch to the hot air flap. I don't think I've missed any off, it is less complicated than it looks when you first see the perished spaghetti of hoses!
Looks like a very nice car!.

[Hids4u]

That’s wonderful Drdiesel thank you.
yes it’s in amazing shape and now running. Going through the brakes and getting it ready for the road some 42 years after being made !

[Doctordiesel77]

No problem, I remember looking at both my MG and Austin R series' and wondering what had happened, then wondering how to un-happen it...the pipes on the Austin were connected in a very bizarre way, iirc the advance pipe was connected to a pipe which went nowhere near a source of vacum! Always easier the second time