97 OBS INTERRMITTENT LOUD HARSH METALLIC BANG WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP.

[trackspeeder]

Transmission range sensor is on the drivers side of your tranny. Its on the manual lever.
When they go bad the transmission will start doing some funky stuff. Gear hunting, dropping to neutral, converter locking and unlocking are some of the symptoms.

 

[JMWRIGHT335]

I might swap that out for good measure then, I appreciate the idea