There's 125k on the odometer, but the odo has been changed at some point. (It has digital odometer & trip meter - no '92 140 I've ever seen has that). I'd like to think the change was by a dealer and was on the up-and-up, but who knows.

T Walgamuth is correct - my terminology is dated from my ohv-engine days. I think the car received less-than-ideal care from the PO-1. I bought it for a song from a good friend who bought it from them when they popped the serpentine belt and overheated it enough to blow the headgasket.

The mechanic that did the rebuild of the upper portion of the engine said he replaced "some" of the hydraulic valve adjusters (to properly identify the items) - I know they're not cheap (probably $25-30+ each wholesale) but for the effort to get to them, and if "some" of them needed replacing - why not replace the lot??? Such is the story of this car...

They only tick at startup, so they're leaking down. I'm not as concerned about the leakdown of several as I am about the single lifter that doesn't pump up readily (sometimes). Things like this don't tend to heal themselves, and eventually, that lifter will fail to pressure up at all, and the constant banging against the cam lobe will damage the camshaft - which is what I'm wanting to avoid.