MG Car Repair: MG B HIF SU Carb, haynes manuals, bentley manuals

Question
You have any idea where I can get a picture/drawing/schematic of this item?  I've been looking all over hell and half of Georgia and can't find anything I can use to identify specific parts of the thing.  Maybe I should wrap an E-type Jag around it and be done with it...I'm not going to start it up again or try to until I find out what's stuck - I believe it's running backwards or something...of course, I don't understand what's happening, I thought just air was supposed to be in the cannister area...what do I know???   
Thanks...

Wayne

Answer
Any auto parts store that handles Haynes manuals should be able to order the SU book for you. Or some book stores can use the ISBN number to order it. There are also Haynes distributors in the US that should be able to send it to you.
ISBN 0 85696 299 6  "SU Carburettors" Owners Workshop Manual

You have Internet access, so go to "Google" or which ever search engine you use. Type in Haynes Manuals to see what is available.

That will cover the HIF SU carb but to cover the car and it's plumbing you need a MGB service manual, which also can come from Haynes or Bentley manuals. I have been working on MG, Triumph and Jaguars since 1960 and I found it to be a necessity to have a manual on each car I work on.

My first day out of working in motorcycle shops, I went directly into a Jaguar dealership and the service manager who hired me asked to see my tool box and my service manuals. He had a degree in automotive engineering and he use to teach mechanics school for the Jaguar factory. He contended that he could tell a lot about a mechanic by his tools and by his collection of service manuals. He also said that he wanted to look at my manuals even though they were all motorcycle manuals. He told me that a mechanic's manuals were dirty and especially on the data and specs pages. Your memory can get data and specs mixed up but the manual will never forget or get them mixed up. He hired me over several experienced auto mechanics because of my tools and service manuals.

Since then I have worked on a lot of brands of cars, some that most people have never even heard of and I made it a point to collect a manual for any brand car I worked on. A few years ago I sold most of my manuals (300) to a local auto museum. I kept 70 some as reference manuals as I still restore and work on my own cars. (British cars)

Howard