went back at this yesterday, & crawled over the wire harness with a fine toothed comb. I found a single wire running down to a sensor on the bottom of the tranny that had slightly worn through between the tranny & the chassis. Repaired the wire, and all is right with the world. Thanks to all of you for your suggestions!
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