Without doing some troubleshooting, the most likely head lamp problem is an overheated contact in the head lamp switch or an overheated terminal in the switch connector.
The entire plate around the radio contains the heater / AC computer. If it is unplugged or if the battery is disconnected, that computer has to be recalibrated. That was real frustrating on the '97 models. I never heard of problems with that procedure on the '96 or '98 models. The air conditioning system must be working to perform the "cooldown" half of the procedure.
Personally, I'd gladly pay twice as much for a nice '88 Grand Caravan to replace my old rusty trusty daily driver. I wouldn't walk across the street for a free '96 or newer model.
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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 AT 6:55 AM