[Otter74]

Oh, don't blame likes-to-be-on-his-knees for it. For all I know I recall it from the manual, or a man i a trenchcoat in a parking garage at night. All the same, .004 +/- .001 is pretty different from, say, .004 +/- .0001. If I am a touch high, I'm not going to worry about it, even as I am going for .04 on all valves.

As for how they are now, as you say, clackity-clack is better than silent. I do not tend to slack on maintenance on my cars, but I don't want to do something unnecessary, either.

As for winter projects, my unheated garage and my hands' intolerance for cold means nothing much gets done in winter unless it is unusually warm.