CBLT-198:  add delays before getting and setting params

Change-Id: Ib33c1bd79edd08c3b12bb72a01bd98b828a32467
Reviewed-on: http://review.couchbase.org/34192
Reviewed-by: Philip Labee <philip@couchbase.com>
Tested-by: Philip Labee <philip@couchbase.com>