chill winston

Hi everyone. Im working on my front fork and have a few questions about re assembling it. First off on the spring leg im having trouble getting the guide bushing to sit down in its slot. Anyone have this issue before or have a solution. Its preventing me from getting the fork seal in. Second of all on the damper side im unsure what position i should have the pipe when i measure the air gap. Ive set it with the fork leg down. Next step on the damper leg is to tighten the top cap but again im not sure what position to have the inner for pipe. When i close the cap with the fork compressed it works like a negative air spring making it hard to extend the fork leg. When i close the cap with the inner fork leg fully extended it is hard to compress. What is the correct way to do this? Thank you for your input.