My transmission took a dump today

O ok now I understand in other words I need to hook up the kickdown correctly and it should fix the entire issue

Possibly. You need to address those motor mounts badly. They are NOT right at all. Looks like someone just cobbled that engine in there just to sell the car. If it's not mounted correctly, that can and will have an adverse effect on everything. Can you get some better, closeup pictures of the mounts? Both sides?