Lifters: To Soak or Not To Soak

Soak them if you wish,they will not automatically bleed themselves just sitting there,but definitely DON'T pump them up. As already stated,pre-lubing/priming is mandatory as far as I'm concerned.I fire-up the 1/2" McGraw-Edison drill,preferably w/an assistant,and roll the engine over 2 revs by hand slowly w/the cam & lifters in, but no p-rods,and wait for the oil to come out everywhere it's supposed to(rocker shafts just fingered on). Then I paste the cam&lifters,and button up the works. I give it one more prime rite before I drop the gear & dizzy.This has not caused any "pump-up" problems for me,but even if you have a lifter pumped up for some reason,go slow esp. w/non adj. systems,the springs will slowly push out excess oil,this isn't the time of the job to be in a hurry.