Well, here's what I did.
I took out the forks and set them on my work bench, popped the drain bolts and let all the air escape, then re-installed the drain bolts (not letting any fluid get out) stood them up and did the 35mm film trick and scraped out all the dirt from around the bushings.
I pumped up the shocks a few times and each time less and less fluid came out till almost none snuck by the seals.
On my right fork, though, I had a problem. I try to compress the fork and after a full 5" compression the spring pushes the plunger back out, however I hear the oil sloshing after the fork is fully extended, then a small pop... as if the oil isn't keeping up with the springs.
Another thing I did to both shocks was hold both the base and the plunger and give the damper rod a spin... it didn't do anything at all, it just spun the springs on the inside of the plunger.
I don't know if this will cause any problems down the road... my forks have stopped leaking, and I did order new universal boots for them, I decided to pass on the new seals and I may possibly run Fork Skins over them THEN the boots to prevent any further leakage or dust getting in there.
I guess I'll have to wait to get it all back together to really test it out and see if I royally messed anything up.
Dan
PS. The forks are also bent, I know they're not supposed to be, but could this be causing that binding-pop in the right shock?
Thanks again.