Well she runs! Not great, I still have jetting and float level issues, but she fired up without a lot of effort. I was happy to hear it for the first time. I had never heard this motor before, so it's a bit of a relief the PO of it was honest!!

So the one issue I'm having unrelated to jetting is my air box ducting is not lining up with the TM38. I'm running a zilla intake and got the hose to fit the opening of the carb by boiling it and stretching it over. It fits great now. The problem is I can't have it connected to the carb and air box. The angle of the dangle is just wrong! I'm sure others are ruining the TM38, so how did you make all of this fit? Do I need to eliminate the air box?