I am remote from my cd-rom manual, but tonight I gained remote access to it. Unfortunately (and as always) you are correct about the position of the vehicle speed sensor.
I'm bummed, because I have none of my tools or lift stuff with me. I'm at my girlfriend's house and I have a 330 mile drive to get home (moving here in a few months). I drove it back to her house over 200 miles babying the throttle the whole time and as long as I was in gear above 50 mph on the road/interstate everything was fine (even gas mileage).
Do you think I could drive it home 330 miles in this condition and be ok or you think its possible it'll ruin the transmission or something? I ask cause of course at home i have the tools and lift capability that I don't have here and money is a concern (as always) at the moment.
EDIT: I remember you had a sensor go out on your mission trip with 7 people. I didn't realize it was a speed sensor. I wonder if there is some issue with Windstar's speed sensors and going up/down mountainous areas. Now that I realize the sensor is on the bottom of the tranny my thought about the fluid being low when I thought it was on top the tranny doesn't seem to fit.