Stupid Distributor Questions

I've been following along this discussion, and there are a lot of good suggestions.

When you cover the carb with your hand, and block all air going in, it should stall. I'll go check this in my dart, but if it stays running could that indicate a vacuum leak? Carb gasket?
If I cover the carb inlet, it will stall. Before I removed the lead plugs from the AVS, if I covered the carb the idle speed would rise.
This is a moot point right now anyway, because I took off the numbers matching AVS, and installed the Eddy carb trying to find the problem. I just thought you would need to know.
Thanks for the suggestion!

George