Well this cars screwed.
Either the transmission went, or something else that effects it went. I couldn't do more than 15 uphill today on my way home from my girlfriends, it just suddenly stopped working with no warning at all. Needless to say it was towed home, but moved under it's own power into my parking spot. My girlfriends father says it might be a modulator valve.
Anyway, I don't have the money to mess around with the car right now. It already needs 150+ in order to run right and I should probably change the plugs and wires and all that since it's almost at 100k and they're still factory. I'll see if I can have it all fixed up by the first snow, if not I'll be buying a pair of snow tires for the Ranger and attempting to drive that this winter. I still owe $2,000 on this car and I can't make that back by selling it as is, so I might as well try to fix it up a bit and drive it in the winter if I can.