Your wiper motor is broken. Inside the motor a wire is burned that the wipers bring back in off mode. Just replace the wiper motor.
What's the question?
The most common cause for your 1996 Lincoln to shut down is a charging system problem. The alternator or the battery are malfunctioning.
Yes
Yes it will if the 96 is a standard Mark Vlll, if the 96 is a LSC model it won't.
Follow from tank
It should.
In the fuel tank
Under the hood in the middle of the bulkhead
It's a 4R70W automatic
Passenger side back of the engine
It's on the drivers side of the transmission.
It's on the steering column in the '95.