stinking water neck driving me crazy

been trying to get the plow truck up to par and it is driving me crazy
(next time i wanna buy a ford, just shoot me)

i found out the reason i couldnt run a OEM coolant hose is because the PO installed the wrong water neck
so, i ripped it of, bought a new OEM one (pot metal, whatever it is, definitely not the chrome guaranteed to leak one)

so, first try, gasket, with a little permatex on both sides...small drip

second try, no gasket, just a bead of permatex (the grey one made for waterpumps/thermostat housing and this time, its pouring out as quick as i can pour it in

short of burning it, what should my third try be?


(and i know, its not a mopar, but a water neck is a water neck, same principles apply, no?)
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Maybe you can ask stroked340? It seems as he knows his way around this Permatex stuff and water leaks very well.