The Darwin Project

We're on target to get the engine back in this weekend. Nick just learned the fine art of an old school tune up, plugs, points, condensor, rotor, dist. cap and wires. Getting the point gap was a challange for him, I swear he moved the points back and forth an inch each way trying to get the .018 gap. He's a quick study though, so when he got that buttoned up he went right for the water pump. He got that changed out in no time.
We worked quite a while trying to get the brakes bled, detected leaks in a couple of the fittings and got those tightened up. I think we got all the air out of the system and have a pretty firm pedal but the travel seems a little excessive, goes about half way down. Am I supposed to cap the vacuum port when bleeding the brakes, when I hold my finger over the vacuum and have Nick press the pedal it comes right up where it should be. Any advice would be a great help.
When it comes to the booster, I plan to replace the fitting in the intake where the performance gauge was located to get vacuum to the booster but then what do I do for a vacuum source for the gauge. Can I put a fitting with a tee in it and run both from the same port? Thanks in advance for help here too.

I'll try to post some pics when the engine goes in.