Hi all.
Sorry for the delay in getting back on this point.... too many vehicles to keep up with (granddaughter, Son, Daughter, my few, car shows, etc.,etc.), not to mention non-auto related things that also have to get done. I appreciate all the feedback though. Today I'm finally back to working on my more urgent issue, getting my gas gauge to work so I don't run out of gas AGAIN. New tank sensor fixed that aspect but that wasn't all of it... so working up the chain. Once fixed I'm gonna go back and retest speed on truck's speedometer with a GPS based app on my phone, I recall a difference when checked previously, but don't remember the specifics.... but it definitely was not off by 2x though or anything. The other obvious thing will be to do the active timing gun timing, and look again at the carb settings. Will post an update (hopefully this week), assuming I get to work on what I want to work on :-(