Ford Mustang: Clutch Whine/Squeal?

Actually, I'm not sure exactly where the whine is coming from. It sounds
like I'm having the opposite symptoms of the throwout bearing going bad.

First, the car: 1999 GT convertible, 5speed manual.

When I crank the engine, there is a whine coming from under the hood. If I
barely rest my foot on the clutch pedal (or fully depress the pedal, for
that matter), the whine goes away. The sound is present whether I am in
neutral and stationary or running down the highway at 80mph. This all
started a couple of weeks after I was run off of an entrance ramp by an
inanttentive truck driver. The car ended up with the front wheels hanging
over the edge of a culvert. I intend to get it into a body shop for repairs
at some point, but I'm more concerned with this mechanical problem at the
moment. It's possible the whine/squeal is unrelated to the "accident", but I
have a feeling something got shifted in a bad way.

Has anybody got any insight as to what could be causing this noise? I'm
going to let a shop go over the car from top to bottom to check for any
hidden (or obvious) damage, but I wanted to get the input of the group on
the squeal before I let a repair shop take me for a ride...

TIA for any help and SWAGs!

-- David C. Blakely

My TOB sqeeks, I just learned to not rest my foot on the pedal. If you
search the stang forums on the net you can see it is a common problem and
some have found ways to spray lithium grease into the bearing. If it does
not sqeek with your foot off the pedal, don't worry mine has gone several
thousand miles, and it's still ok.
--
Tropic Green 2000GT 5 Speed
MM Sport Box Suspension
Shorty Headers, X Pipe W/Cats, MagnaFlow C/B
P-1SC @ 10# W/3Core I/C
03 Cobra Wheels W/BFG G-Force T/A KDW
3:73 FMS Gears
Aluminum FW W/Cobra Clutch
Eagle H-Beam Rods
JE 17cc Dished Pistons
Aluminum Drive Shaft


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