not an a body but still a dodge more or less

Hard to imagine you would have to pull the motor to get at the heater hoses. My 96 Voyager has a 2.4L and I replaced the heater hoses easily. They were a bit confusing at first since a metal tube w/ rubber hose crimped on, so I thought you buy that as an assembly (couldn't find PN). Then I figured the crimps just replaced hose clamps so snipped them off. If like my Voyager, the heater core is fairly simple to replace. It slides out a plastic door by the driver's right foot. You just need to unbolt the steering column to get it out.

If you hate your cloud car so much, you should sell it and happily pay the gas price to drive your big truck. I don't mind driving a minivan, since sure of my manhood. Indeed, when feeling real tough, I bike 12 miles to work.