98 Ford Windstar 170000 miles - what in the world is wrong with it?....please no...

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...Windstar cracks.? I've owned this van for about 8 years, my cousin has been driving it for 5, she sort of stayed on top of it - she's graduated college now and has a new car it's been sitting for a couple months,and my tranny went out of my Explorer so I went to pick it up from out of town (can't afford to fix that right now either) - I'd known it had issues for awhile, didn't really care because it was doing it's job for her but right now I need it.

Apparently the overdrive is out, not sure why or how, and it has a skip, at about 25 mph, unless it's going uphill...which it usually isn't. Other than that it seems to run great - checked all fluids they're fine, tranny fluid doesn't seem dirty. Is there a possibility this isn't a serious issue? Any clues on problems/costs....best and worst case. No time yet to take it to the shop, just want to know what I'm getting myself into.
 
Well if the over drive does not work, then the transmission needs rebuilt, as long as it isn't just turned off. But the other problem is hard to tell. It could be a coil or spark plug or ignition wire or worst case it could be a blown piston.
 
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