Lash Caps....Seven Came Off

OP, your re-start probablyh worked because the lifters were pumped up again. Going forward, keep an ear out for any lifter ticks at start up. If 1 or some tick at all at start up, then those lifters are leaking down and you are open for the possibility of the lash caps falling out there once again.

Keep an ear on them as long as you have the caps in there; this type of lifter leak down problem can develop at any time. So this problem may dog you forever 'til you get them out of there... 'specially after the engine is sitting for a long time.