If the chatter seems violent, I'd sooner suspect the throwout bearing. There's a good chance, if it's the original, that it's of the old graphite block type. One little chip in the edge of it will cause some pretty serious vibration and racket. If that's what you have, I'd suggest changing over (requires bearing and carrier) to the newer more conventional bearing while you have it open.
Hard to tell if you've got an oil-soaked clutch or not without splitting to get to it and take it off. With the clutch off, it's just a short step to take the flywheel off to take a good gander at the rear of the seal, though you should have a good idea before you ever get that far as to how serious any leak there might be.
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