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So guys I havent been on here in long time. Did some searching through the forums for some info about the quickest way to replace that rear crank seal. I can see from the Service manual there are two ways of doing it, one is to remove the transmission (in my case a nv5600 and transfer case) all the way down to the bell housing and do it from there. The second method is to remove the bell housing completely (8 bolts) and then pull the crank shaft oil retainer. Im thinking I need to do the second method since Im in need of a new pan gasket as well. Little extra time involved since I would have to remove the starter and misc parts, but I think it would be worth it since im in that deep to just do it. All this stems from, neglecting to change it out when I did the clutch at 200,000 miles (currently have 231,954 miles on it). Lol at the time I thought, eh its barely wet (lol now I kick myself in the *** for not changing it). Now it leaks like a pig, regardless it has to get done now. Do you guys think I should end up replacing that clutch since there has been oil flinging around in there? The clutch isnt slipping nor chattering and no issues with it thus far. Thoughts on the clutch and are there any gotcha's I need to know about before performing such a task. I kinda figure if i need to do the oil pan Im going to have to go the second route and pull the bell housing to do it are there any need to knows about removing that oil pan as well? It looks like a tight fit between the cross member and the middle of the pan. And i see that Moparman uses the cummins gasket sets, where did he go about getting those from? I really dont feel like getting raked over the coals for gaskets from the dodge dealer. Any help would be awesome, thanks guys! MoparMan the site looks awesome man keep up the good work! -thefox311