Your vehicle uses Mercon automatic Transmission Fluid. To fill it you have to take the speed sensor off the top of the transmission, then pull the speedometer gear out and then fill up to the bottomof the gear for correct amount. Be careful prying the speedometer gear out of the hole. It is probably stuck in there because of corrosion.
Should be a plug at the side of the manual transmission - fill oil to this level
on gear box to side near filler plug or on top of gear box
remove the speedometer cable where in enters the tranny and that is where you check/fill
how many freeze plug at 1997 ford escort
If auto through the dipstick tube If std. through plug in side of trans
Fill it with 10-80W gear oil until it drips from the fill plug. 2-3 Qt.
It is 0.054
According to www . ford parts . com ( no spaces ) The spark plug gap for the 1.9 liter four cylinder engine in a 1989 Ford Escort is : ( .044 inch )
spark plug gap for Ford Escort SE Vin code P is .052 / Vin code 3 is .044
three is a fill plug at the base of the gear shift lever on top of the transmission in front of the driver seat.
www . motorcraft . com ( no spaces ) shows : .054 inch spark plug gap for the 1.9 L engine in a 1992 Ford Escort
A 1994 Ford Escort 1.9 L spark plug gap is ( .054 inch ) according to motorcraft.com - one of Fords websites