Yee haw!!! Got the car back together and drove it today. No oil leaks!
The oil seal that came in the car leaked. It was similar to the one I used with the metal rod in it. It had been trimmed. The first one I put in I trimmed. It leaked a lot. Possibly because of a hack job on my part. The last seal I put in I did not trim. It extended approximately 0.80 inches above the seal surface (about 0.40 each half).
I am not generally a fan of data sets with one or two results, but for me the using the seal as is seems to have worked out.