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It's a newer block with a one piece seal. Yes; I used the one in the gasket set. I took the engin and transmission out in one piece and thus reinstalled as one also. I just know how tight the space is there and was hoping that I did not have to pull the engin out to fix it.
I'm trying not to have to do all of that work all over again. I am hopeing that someone with an older car like mine can tell me if they have pulled the tranny out by itself by sliding back far enough to clear the transmission shaft.
All help is good in this learning process.