Transmission pan gasket effective?

Thanks for reading this. I've got a 904 that drools worse than a teething toddler. I've been fixing leaks from the top down (shift shaft seal, neutral safety switch electrical terminal leaks, cooling line fittings) and that brings me to the pan gasket. I have zero desire to replace the pan with an aluminum one. I also do not wish to glue the pan on with silicone sealant. I may be wrong but I feel that these pans would work fine with paper gaskets if they only had long hardened pan washers to distribute the compression from the bolts. I can't recall if Ford or GM or perhaps both use those on their oil pans?
I'm curious specifically if anyone has tried one of these steel and silicone gaskets and if you had luck with it fixing a leak with a traditional OEM pan? Jerry