The Art of Escort Maintenance

Discovered the 1996 Ford Escort's rear-light wiring harness assembly is really nicely engineered. All of the wires can be easily removed from the plugs the bulbs plug into.

While at Pick 'n Pull on Saturday, a young man with a dark beard and a cylindrical tan hat approached me and asked if he could borrow a socket wrench to attempt to remove two bolts. I said sure, and let him borrow it while I walked around looking for weatherstripping for the passenger side doors. After I returned, he thanked me and said he needed something with more torque. These looked like bolts on the underside of a transmission. It was nice to be able to have the opportunity to have trust validated.

After repairing my broken tail light and replacing the weatherstripping on the doors, the car looks a lot better!