Thank you guys! appreciate all the advice! I plan on doing the LOF this weekend, I will add on some ATF to the list.
I run Schaeffer products in my Superduty, so that is what the Escape will be getting as well.

How about the differentials...any service needed there? is there a T-case? since the motor is mounted sideways....is there a front diff? guess I need to crawl under the thing
anyway...any service needed on the diff(s)/tcase?

The car lot we bought it from bought it at an auction. So supposedly, the rig has been "inspected" twice, once before the auction and once at the car lot garage. They ended up putting brakes on it on all 4 corners.