65 Barracuda daily driver

They are more than likely oiling correctly then since you had to wipe it out. There is a tool made to pick lifters out with, but they are just so-so to use and the lifters fall off of it half the time. A magnet works just as good, stuck to a long screwdriver. In my experience with that task, you waste as much time trying to retrieve them after dropping them as you would have spent removing the intake so you can get to them. If you have a piece of flat glass, or a nice flat counter top you can roll the push rods on, if any are bent they will be easy to find. Slightest wobble is easy to see.