if your over 60 take all your tools and beer cooler down on the floor with you. After it's out check the converter hub also.
bell housing area is more than likely front seal but can also be pump bolts, pump gasket, fluid coming out of the vent (vent is at the top of the pump face) and i think there is a pivot rod for the front server that is in the bellhousing to the bottom right of the pump... prolly the seal though
On jack stands, pull the drive shaft and seal up the extension housing to keep the mess down or drain the transmission. Disconnect shift and throttle pressure linkages and electrical connections, pull the starter and front dust cover and remove converter bolts (I use a long wrench to position converter so two bolts are accessible at once, then sharply strike the wrench to loosen the passenger side bolt and remove) by rotating the converter with the drivers side bolt-repeat until all 4 are out. Now paint mark the flex plate and converter for reassembly match (bolt pattern only allows a mating in one position). Drop the crossmember, lower the rear down and remove the top 4 bolts. at this point support the engine, remove the two cooling lines and larger bolts (engine- threaded into trans), pull back and it's out.
Doug, did the leak come and go each time you went for a drive? I can get a pretty steady drip from the inspection plate after a drive but then take a lap around the block and it may drip half as much. Or sometimes it may stop dripping completely until the next drive. Seems to depend on where everything comes to rest.
