1999 (t) escort 55 van becoming a bitch to start 1st thing in the morning put the key in turn to glow plug stage and wait for the light to go out wind and wind the poor little little starter for sometimes 30 seconds (no exhaust gases visible) stop winding her over reset the key and try again and she'll fire up filling the street with smoke then once warm she'll start on the button for the next 2-3 hours any longer and the process needs repeating one thing though when you are turning her over you can gradually hear the engine turning over faster the more you crank her which leads me to maybe starter ? ( the battery is a1) or compression glow plugs need testing ( but how do i test them ? and the glow plug relay where is it ? ) i have a escort i can rape parts from if need be but once running she's a beauty 45mpg @85mph on a run