1968 New Yorker Bulkhead and fuse panel problems/intermittent headlamps/park lamps

This 3 year tale of woe wound up today with resolution that I want to share with the rest of you. I've owned a 68 New Yorker for 15 years and have put 55,000 hard miles on a 98,000 mile car. After owning and driving it for years, about 5 years ago I replaced the burned out side marker lamps. Not long after that I would intermittently lose my instrument, park and stop lamps. Not long after that I would lose the headlights completely, both beams and then they would come back. It would turn out...

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Author: dplotkin