Urgent help needed

I suppose it's too late at this point...but what you should have done was use an old soup can (clean of course), fill with clean oil and drop the lifters in and let soak over night...then just before dropping them in...I used a big #3 phillups screwdriver and with the lift under oil would pump them up by hand or tap it with a hammer until I had resistance...then follow what the others said...prime the engine before start up...just in case you had to tear it aprt again I wanted to post this info anyway for others to view...good luck with the lifter situation.](*,)