[Ace in the hole]

as for the gasket, you will probably only find them in a set with all the other gaskets that you would need for a trans rebuild. That's probably why the PO used rtv, didn't want to spend the money on a complete gasket kit. I just bought one for mine because I was tearing mine down and going thru it. Seem like it was in the neiborhood of $20
dieseleater- there is a trany crossmember for a sm465/np205 set up? thought the only member was what the adapter bolts to.