Remove/ inspect oil pan and gasket. What's involved? 4.6L AWD

[MyExplorer03v8Lim]

I'm seeing some oil seepage from my oil pan gasket area. All around the pan. Before I dive in, I'm wondering if anyone knows what's involved in dropping the pan. It looks like a lot of stuff is in the way.

What needs to come out?

 

[lincolnshibuya]

pick your poison, hoisting the engine up or dropping the front diff? make sure the leak is not from the oil filter adapter head gasket.

 

[MyExplorer03v8Lim]

make sure the leak is not from the oil filter adapter head gasket.

That was leaking as well. Seems to be two separate leaks going on but I'll clean it like crazy again just to be sure. Oil from old leaks has a funny way of sneaking back out of hiding when some but not all of it has been cleaned up. My front crossmember must have been holding about a full quart from the adapter leak.