I forgot to post a reply to my own thread after I figured it out after a few times of trying. The motors I bought had no indication which side was which, what made it confusing to me is that I expected the motors to go on the inside but they go on the outside.

To any random searchers looking for pictures like I was I hope these help you. Note that my Escort isn't a fancy model and didn't have the loom behind the dash. I had to make it myself so that will explain the odd looking cables.







Ignore the connector. I just put it there to get and idea. The cable should run on the door card side. You can see the olld manual gears in there. Drill out those rivets.