John;
you may have fixed the problem. perhaps the problem was nothing more than a little teeny piece of dirt holding the seal away from the slider, and you dislodged it. i mean..., if it's not leaking anymore, then it's fixed. OR!!!, your now-clean wiper is holding the oil that's still leaking from the seal. give it a few days (or another ride), and pull the wiper again to see what's behind it.
it's unlikely that all the fork oil would have leaked from your fork. if you're worried about it; pull the leg, pop the top & measure the air gap.
Bonehead; i'm curious about your grinding the spring thing. perhaps you can elaborate for me at the Till-U-Puke this weekend? Endoquest told me that you were coming along to witness the carnage-fest. the awards ceremony satruday night should be a gas!