OK so got the bottom half all back together and I pulled the valve cover to check the rockers/lifters. Everything look good. Al of the rockers are in place and everything is nice and tight.

So if I do have a collapsed lifter what are the tell tale signs?

I pried down on all of them and none of them moved. So I'm assuming they are all good and none have collapsed, but I'm not sure. When I manually turn the crank I get to a point where I hear what seems to be a spring pop!!

I checked the timing and all is spot on so I know it didn't jump. Any ideas as to what else I should check???