Valve lash Adjusters HELP!!!!!!!!

Ok I made another post a week or so ago along the lines of this same subject, but I have changed a few things and have a somewhat better understanding of it now so I am going to try again and see if I can figure out this valve train noise. I am 99% sure it is the valve lash adjuster making this ticking noise I can not get rid of. I just did the head gasket on my 2010 and when I got it back together it was ticking HORRIBLY. So I took the adjusters out, cleaned them like this video

and reprimed them and put it back together with the ticking still there however it was a little quieter. So I go and get some more out of a known working motor, clean them, prime them and install them and again still have ticking although it sounded somewhat different. I have cleaned and changed these several times but still can not get this ticking gone. This is where I am at, I have 2 sets of vlave lash adjusters that I can clean and they will pump up and hold pressure in oil on the bench but whenever I install them it still ticks like crazy. The best way I get them to hold pressure is stand them straight up in a pan of oil and put the tool on the top to depress the ball and push s few times and boom they are tight. I can take them out of the oil, bleed them and then try to get them to pum up without the little tool pressing on the ball and they will never get tight. The second I put the tool on there and press on the ball and push it up and down a few times it will get back rigid again like it is supposed to. So my biggest question is am I supposed to install these things with the fluid out of them initially and run it a little while and hope they fill up and get tight? If that is the case how will they do that if the only way I can get them to hold is depressing the little check ball down with the tool. Or am I supposed to pump them up tight and install ( this will force what fluid is in them out when I sung down the cam shaft retainers) which is what i have done a couple of times and unsucesfully gotten rid of the ticking. Are there any other special install procedures that I am missing when I put these things back in. Any help is greatly appreciated. Dale

 

Ok I have a manual oil pressure gauge is there a port I can hook it into?

 

Also how is oil pressure going to pump them up if I have to depress the little check ball to get them to firm up?

 

I used a stethoscope and it sounds like it moves every time I swap out the adjusters. Not sure how a valve can be bent bc it was running quiet and smooth before the head gasket job and actually runs really good now just sounds like a damn swing machine tapping. I'm going to try it one more time today so do I install them squishy or do I pump them up so they are rigid and don't move pre-install?

 

And not sure what you mean rocker arms moving free because they just sit on top of the lash adjusters and valve springs (and yes the little spring cap things are on)

 

Alright I will check in a little while when I pull the cover back off.... Do I plan on installing the next set squishy or pump them up rigid?