Thanks for the suggestions!
Maybe I can post some pics of the carb boot if that is what you call it...going from the air box to the carb is what concerns me.
If you look at the carb, where the boot fits on and clamps...right at the edge of the boot the carb has a lip, or ring on that lip. the left side (carb side) has the boot pulled right up onto that lip ring (unless there is a better name), while the right side goes just before the lip ring. I tried squeezing the air box, and negotiating with it as much as i could, but it just doesn't seem to want to fit right.
The other thing that I am wondering, is that the guy I bought it from, had placed a torque spacer (if that is what it is called) for the reeds. He also used different reeds I think, maybe moose, but not certain.