Check the starter relay Check/Replace the cables going to the starter. It sounds like there is insuffient voltage and current going to the starter. Did you replace the starter? It is possible that the teeth are misaligned during re-installation. Did you foget some washers or shims? The selenoid could be bad.
There is no starter relay on an Escort. The main battery positive cable goes directly to the starter. A small wire with a clip on it marked s goes to the solenoid. The main battery current to the starter is supplied with this solenoid.
The solenoid is on the starter.
The Escort doesn't have a starter relay. It has a solenoid on the starter that handles the heavy amperage.
The solenoid is attached to the starter. There is no relay.
The solenoid is part of the starter.
It's on the starter itself.
Follow the red wire from the battery. It goes to the starter solenoid on everything except maybe a nuclear submarine.
Follow the red wire from the battery. It goes to the starter solenoid on everything except maybe a nuclear submarine.
There isn't one. The main battery cable goes to the solenoid which then activates the starter from current from the ignitiion switch.
There is none. The battery is hooked directly up to the starter. The solenoid part of the starter transfers the heavy amperage.
The solenoid, on your 1999 Ford escort, is located on the top of the starter. The solenoid has for retaining screws, to hold it in place.
your battery is flat Could be that your starter is dead. The clicking is the starter solenoid. That's a good thing that it is at least clicking. Replace the starter.