Thinking about dropping the pan for inspection/cleaning and resealing - I believe I can do front seal fairly easily when doing this, yes? Anything else to consider when doing this? Thanks - been many years since I have worked on V-8's

Ooops, meant front pan seal not front crank seal

yup. a necessity to change that seal when pan pulled. that applicarion is a pretty easy pan-pull with engine in frame. a B van is about the next easiest..... talk 2wd Dakotas? those suck to try and pull the pan in chassis.