Fresh engine, wiped cam? Tick? (new pics added)

Myasylum, the first lifter you took apart and reassembled....does it now keep the cup spring loaded against the retainer clip? If so, that's what you need to do to the rest of them.
When I spoke to George at Clay Smith Cams, he explained that when the lifter collapses the small cylinder (inside the lifter) that is the hydraulic actuator gets pushed down and the oil ports no longer line up. It can also get stuck down there, but either way, the oil port in the internal cylinder and the oil port in the lifter body are not in the right place in relation to each other. The actuating cylinder needs to come up, otherwise the oil is not even trying to push it up. Does that make sense?
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lorANZ1Tptw"]YouTube- hydraulic tappets (hydraulic lifters)[/ame]

See it in the video? It's possible that the actuating cylinder is pushed down into the lifter far enough that the oil is just not able to get to where it needs to go to push it back up were it belongs. When you opened that one up and put it back together, you put the actuating cylinder back in its operating range.

Does that lifter pump up?



Good general info here:
http://www.musiccityrodshop.com/holpdf/undcam.pdf