Alrighty, so that dye testing was eye opening to say the least.
So in case you're curious, here's what I used:
Dye
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Flashlight
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
So I probably went a bit overboard on the dye, but it really made where the leaks were very, very obvious. It looks like the blood from the Predator lol. So I noticed that the right side of my rear skid plate as well as the left side front skid plate had leakage. This is even after having the power steering pump swapped out for a new NAPA made p/s pump (let's see how long it lasts), which at the very least fixed the leak around the pump that was spraying p/s fluid everywhere and making a mess.
So taking a look at the smaller of the two leak areas, I could clearly see that on the return side that the hose ends were cracking and I'm guessing that the spring hose clamps are not as tight as they used to be. But there appears to be a hose next to it that's weeping from the hose.
I traced the p/s hard line across the vehicle back into the body and where the hose ends terminate to the metal crimped end is where the most wetness and leakage is located. The hoses are literally weeping p/s fluid from both the hose and near the hose end. I tried to take a picture but it's next to impossible trying to hold the UV flashlight and the camera at the same time in that cramped little space. The end result is that weeping leakage flows down to the rack and across the cross member. Most of it was as expected pooling near the driver's side steering rack boot.
Rear main seal
As one mechanic a few years ago pointed out, the rear main seal is weeping oil. It hasn't been that bad until recently. It was difficult to see and trace w/o the UV light and dye. So basically it's weeping oil from the bottom of the bell housing and dripping right onto the cross member. That oil leakage is dripping straight down to the big ol' center steering rack nut.
Wow this is going to be one time consuming b@#ch. Not to mention the stock parts for just the p/s lines alone (all the little parts too) is around $550. I'm sure cheaper parts can be found on rockauto, but my barometer is OEM. I didn't even price out the rear main seal.
Ok I'm thoroughly depressed. Time to go to bed and deal with this later.