Slowly, but surely back at it. I was down for about a month with my neck...
My pick tools were too flimsy to pull the crank seal so I had to buy a seal puller as I didn't want to score the area up digging the seal out as the picks were just bending. I got the seal out tonight, replaced, crank bolt, pulley etc. reinstalled w/ red loctite back to ~120 ft lbs.
Started putting the oil pan back on and it seems like it's going to be just as bad putting it back in trying to get the gasket to line up, was trying to avoid gasket maker, but might use some just to hold it in place. More to come hope to maybe get the oil pan back on and everything underneath back together then put the heads and valve cover back on before I leave for NC for work again later this week...more to come.