Thanks for the insight!
I don't think I will do anything myself on that transmission. I have a mystery leak as well, and this is just the icing on the cake that I needed to push me into looking for a transmission. I don't know of any shops around my area that I would trust, so I will likely be buying one from a rebuilding shop out of state.

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D