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Wow...I wouldn't have guessed that one...holy weird wiring batman!
Actually, it's a common fault on 88-98 trucks.
There's a power wire to the transmission that runs through the ignition switch. When the switch goes bad internally (wears out) the trans starts acting funny, among other weird faults that otherwise seem unrelated....