Commonlaw - got your PM but I'm really busy the next couple of days and wouldn't be able to get by your place for the weekend, sorry about that.
Still, what you have there should work. The polarity of the black and red wires doesn't matter, there should be nothing polarity sensitive in a range.
The green "equipment ground" is a safety issue and should be addressed, but it's not important for the range's operation if you just want to use the range for now. The purpose of the green wire is to allow current to flow back to the panel in a low resistance path that will trip the breaker should something short itself inside the range. What you have to decide is whether you feel there's a chance that a wire inside your new range is shorted to the chassis of the range, making it electrically charged and potentially electrocuting you. Do you feel lucky, punk? Well do you?
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the chances of a short in your new range are small. Even if there was a short you would also have to be grounded in order to get shocked. As long as your kitchen floor isn't bare concrete, you wear shoes when you cook, and don't touch the stove and your faucet at the same time you're pretty safe.
Go ahead, turn it on and see how it works. Just make sure you're wearing shoes and not standing in a puddle of water when you touch it. The only problem as far as the operation of the range is concerned is if this newfangled range is sophisticated enough to check for the presence of the ground. I have no idea whether any range does that, but it is within the realm of possibility.
I would be happy to come by your place (assuming you live somewhere close to Seattle) next week to figure out what needs to be done to get the proper 4-wire plug working.
Thanks for the shout-out Steve! NumbrdDays - local 46.
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