With as many problems your experiencing I would use a multi meter in the panel and test all the fuses . If you are not sure on what to do set your meter to omh with sound and start on one side of the panel and touch each of the probes to the top of the fuse . Go until you don't have a tone on the fuse then pull that fuse and replace. If your OD continues to blow the fuse you may want to pull the shifter shaft to see if the wires in the column are broke. This is a common problem in the fords with the button on the end of the shifter lever . Hope this helps