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I read this as meaning the water jacket coolant hoses, because I cannot, for the life of me, imagine any other "hoses" carrying coolant on the outside of that engine. Maybe heater hoses, if the heater has been relocated into the cab on the passenger side, as some have done.

Unless there is classic, complete head gasket failure (oil pouring out, compression leak, milk coffee coolant) I would recommend to do a cold re-torque of the head nuts first, then to run it and re-evaluate. Torque values have changed over the years, no guarantee it was torqued correctly in the...

So the master cylinder is still full, so is the rad? Any leaks when running? On an aside, I really recommend the master cylinder external reservoir mod. It is inexpensive but adds tremendous peace of mind when you can monitor the brake fluid level from the cab.

Any leaks when the truck is idling? Did you recently top off the radiator? Can you go for a drive, warm it up well and then go look, with the engine idling? After you shut it down and let it cool off some, is there residual pressure in the coolant system (does it go "pfft" when you open the cap...