So Tim Smith sez:
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>Thom F. sez...
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>>I don't _have_ a trans strap 
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>
>I bet you do, unless it's corroded away, your tranny has a big flat ground 
>strap onto a cross member, so the starter is grounded, so the solenoid is 
>grounded etc. tim s.

No, I don't.  I put in a solid trans mount when I converted from a split
case trans to a tunnel case, and didn't really have a place to put the strap,
so I left it off.  No problems with grounding whatsoever.  

The problem turned out to be a seriously corroded positive wire off
the starter going to the front.

Thom
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