So I went in last night and took out things to get access to all the hoses. I used heat resistant RTV around and bypass hose below the t stat to stop a small leak there. I also used a little RTV on the t stat housing as I have now partially threaded one of the screw holes and am also leaking from it. Tightened everything up and let it sit overnight, drove it, and I am still leaking like crazy from the block... it must be freeze plugs.
I think I'm just going to go ahead and add some bars stop leak to stop the bleeding. I don't care if it kills my radiator and heater core at this point, I'm leaking too much to drive the car.
