noise after valvetrain disassembly

[dave2953]

I posted a few days ago about a noise I've been chasing for quite some time. I thought it was a collapsed lifter, so I checked all my lifters and found nothing unusual. I took two of the lifters apart (stupid idea) and couldn't get them back together. I should have taken Ragenrats advice and got a new cam and lifters, but instead I bought 2 lifters and reassembled. I have a really nasty knocking sound and none of my pushrods are getting oil. Even before the teardown, oil was only running off the rockers, not squirting out like I've seen other trucks do. I have ~40 psi oil pressure and let the engine run a few minutes, but the noise made me nervous so I shut if off. Sorry for the long post, but I'm at my wit's end with this noise and ready to take it somewhere and let someone else deal with it. Thanks in advance!