Quote Originally Posted by psychos2
Found your previous post. So you have an oil leak in the front. If the oil was coming from where you unbolted the adapter I would start by replacing the gasket,o-rings or whatever seals that up. Could be the adapter itself . It could be the seal on the crankshaft. Where on the front of the motor did you notice the oil ? If the oil pump was leaking it would not be leaking where you could see it. shawn
I cleaned up around the pan and found the oil was coming out near the A/C unit not far above the oil pan. I decided to pull it apart and replace the front seal and all gaskets in that area. Now that it's apart, it doesn't appear to be the front seal but I'm gonna replace it anyways. It's either a faulty silicone job or one of those O-rings.

I still need to know if the front seal housing (the shop manual labels it as the oil pump) requires the oil pan to be pulled to replace it. I'm probably gonna bite the bullet tomorrow and pull the front axle & oil pan to be sure before I bust any more ears off that thing. It won't budge.