Do they sell a manual set for the escort? I have a '87 Mustang and Ford has a 3 manual set plus a wire & vacuum manual (not the Electircal manual) I bought all 4 for my Mustang. The electrcal manual shows the wiring harness, the wire & vacuum manual shows you & tells you where every connector & wire is with a pic of what it looks like, and how to trouble shoot them.

It sure has helped me many times. I got mine from ebay, some one is always selling them. I bought each one at a time.

Pat