bad linkage in shifting cable
No. The Contour is a front-wheel drive car, and the Ranger is rear wheel drive.
Of course not. Without a working transmission you are going nowhere.
my drive and 3rd not working what is causing this promblem is their a a promblem with the transmission
No automatic transmission driven vehicles can be towed any distance at all without damage to the transmission gears. You have to lift the drive wheels off the ground in order to tow it. On some vehicles you can disconnect the drive shaft (if it is not front wheel drive.) The reason that it causes damage is because when the drive wheels turn, the interior gears of the transmission turn too and since the transmission is not working, there is no lubrication being pumped inside the transmission. The lack of lubrication causes gear damage.
Running slow with high rpm is a sign of slippage. If the vehicle is a straight drive then the clutch is not grabbing and is slipping, if its an automatic then the transmission is slipping internally.
a blown transmission
Yes, you can, how far you will actually manage to drive it will depend on the fault with the transmission. You might only get half a mile before the transmission stops working. :)
( No ) the Ford Contour is a front wheel drive vehicle
Parking brake is on, transmission is not working, drive shaft is broken, tires are frozen to the ground.
None. Every engine has a drive shaft, which connects to the transmission, and ultimately causes the wheels to turn.
if its 4x4 it can be the transmission! easy to fix but u will drive only on 2.
The Crank shaft turns and causes the cam shaft to turn, the pumps to turn, the alternator to turn, the transmission gears to turn, the transmission causes the drive shaft to turn, the drive shaft causes the differential to turn (in rear wheel drive models) this turns the axles and the axles turn the wheels. In a front wheel model, the transmission turns the axles shaft that turns the wheels. In a 4x4 the transmission splits to turn the front drive shaft and the rear drive shaft. (then the differential and the axles etc. The other thing that is counted is the steering wheel but it never really completes a whole revolution.