If your stock carb isnt working correctly...

Ive been having problems with my carb functioning correctly, and I knew there was something wrong with it, but just couldnt put my finger on it. I went to a guy I knew that was very good with carbs, and he set me straight.
For me, my problem was the electric choke on the stock carb, it wasnt working. They way its supposed to work, is the truck's computer realizes it warmed up, so then it send a signal to the alternator which then sends power to the elctric choke to open the carb up completely.
So if your choke isnt working properly, be sure to check all the wiring that goes to and from the carb. One of my connections to the alternator wasnt getting connectivity, the one female end was bad. After that was changed I was good to go!
So its running like a champ! So be sure to check your electrical connections guys!

Good post.Actually it is good to check all the electrical connections on a 15 year old truck.All of them could probably use a good cleaning and tightening.Lol.BJ

good to know. i don't ever think of electronic problems... always gotta be mechanical!!!!

hey man, what exactly was your truck doing before you fixed it? i am wondering if thet might be the cause of my problem. lately my truck has been running strange, it seems to have lost alot of power, and will not rev above a certain rpm (don't have a tach, so i don't know exactly what rpm) for example my truck used to be able to pull to 55-60 mph in 3rd gear, now it WILL NOT go past 35mph in 3rd gear, it's like someone snuck a rev limiter on my truck overnight, also i've been getting crappy mpg.

dbmonster - check out your ignition system, coil first. Then ignitor and pickup module.

db monster-

it's possible that you have a clogged cat, or a bad accelerator pump on the carb