I can't recall all of your symptoms now, but I had 2 trucks (83 and 85) where you'd be driving, and the headlights would just decide they don't want to shine no longer.. sometimes they'd come right back, sometimes it would take up to a minute, then continue to flicker off and on..The parking lamps would stay lit (at least seemed like they always did) both times, it was the switch.
My 86 has been acting up however after sitting most the summer (with the windshield leaking and dripping near the dimmer) and I believe it to be the dimmer, as it is "sticky" and if you click it again, the lights will light back up. The more I have driven and used it, the less it has been bothering.. Guess I'll have to break down and fix it now that I had a new windshield put in 2 weeks ago.
As for the radio.. I don't know what to make of it.. and i don't believe my book goes past 86 to see if there'd be something common between the lights and radio in the schematic.
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