Sorry to leave out a few important details on my last posting; here
goes:

I tried to hook this ad-hoc tranny ground strap to a bolt where the
fuel injection stuff seems to be grounded (near the front passenger
side of the engine compartment) to no avail. This is the nearest thing
to a bolt on the frame as I can find given the length of the strap. I
suppose the problem is actually where this thing is hooked up in
thefirst place; nowhere that I hook the cable up to seems to work.

By the way, yes, I did do the old trick of putting some cardboard over
the battery to insulate the battery posts from the metal battery
compartment lid. Apparently the problem is not here. The ground strap
for the battery seems to be in good shape and hooked up well. The
alternator and starter were recently replaced by the PO.

I hope some of these "minor" details help to remove most of the
ambiguity on this. If any of you can help, I would really appreciate
it.

Thanks in advance!
-Sam
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