heat barely works, used to have a/c. help needed.

Any of the above will cause it......I'd start with the water temp and flow. You can test that by grabbing the heater hoses and see if they are all hot and feel the same temp with the heater valve open. If you have a cold or luke warm hose, you have bad flow for one reason or another.

The hoses going into the heater core are very hot when the motor has warmed up.

Also, I was looking at this thread...

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=160625

I do not have a vacuum amplifier under my hood. Does that mean that I will not have heat as long as I do not have a vacuum amplifier?

This is all kind of interesting and lame at the same time.