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Originally Posted by CW4B
The list I made are the things I already did. Despite that, can’t get it running smoothly. It starts right up and purs, but when I put in drivee and oush gas peddle, it slugs along and auto trans shifts, but it surges and doesn’t go very fast.
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Running OK but fumbling when you press the gas could indicate a bad accelerator pump, which is part of the carburetor. With the engine off, when you look down into the carburetor and work the throttle linkage you should see a squirt of gas in there.
If you don't want to get into it any more yourself without hands-on help, it looks like 6T7 C10 is suggesting a shop/person to take the truck to.
I have met people through NextDoor.com social media app, making a post to ask around who knows about old cars and does shade-tree mechanical work. I met a very friendly and knowledgeable retired GM mechanic nearby, who now bails me out of situations that I can't handle myself.