I have a 22r in an 86 pickup. It's the stock carb and it appears that's where the issue lies.

Someone has already suggested to me that it's possibly the float causing the trouble. I'm not 100% convinced on that because it will idle on a hill or a slope just as "good" as it will on a flat surface.

It doesn't idle very well and I've had to adjust the idle screw up A LOT to get it to not die at every stop I make. It's definitely getting too much fuel because I can smell it constantly.

Obviously, the carb needs something. I just want to know what the best route to take is before I start shelling out money.

Any and all advice will help.

Thanks!

 

It almost sounds like there is a vacuum leak and possibly from the brake booster.

 

Check for vacuum leaks should be the first thing you do. That and pull the vacuum line off the axillary accelerator pump, if there is fuel present you've found your problem and need to replace the diaphram.

Personally, on my stock carb, I capped all the vacuum lines except those that run the distributor, and removed the o-ring from my non functional fuel cutoff solenoid. That was the only way to get it to run right. Otherwise I had all sorts of weird bogging/stumbling going on. Float level is easy to check via the sight glass in the front of the carb, Toyota says the fuel is supposed to be half way up the glass if the float is set right.