After re-reading the service manual, I see where I was mistaken about one thing. To check the clearance, you rotate the crank until a pair of lobes are pointed away from the bucket. I thought the marks on the cam & cam drive gear were brought into line and all the clearances could be checked, I guess that's not the case. You repeat moving the crank until all pairs are measured. You only need to have the marks lined up if removing any cam for shim replacement. So bumping the crank with the starter would work just fine.
It would be nice to have the parts list ahead of time for:
Cam cover bolt seals:
cam cover gasket:
oil pipe o ring:
banjo bolt sealing washers:
banjo bolt (just in case):
Thanks
Jay
