If it is the idler pulley that is on the front of the motor, that provides tension to the belt?
Then try spraying it with WD-40 (right in the middle where the bearings are)
This may work? I have tried this with pulleys on my old cobra, and on my Bronco to troubleshoot squeaking, and it works great!
If you are talking an internal bearing like on the blower or something, probably won't work...

Good luck!

 

You're crap loaner looks strangly similar to the car I drive everyday.... hum... Sorry to hear about all your problems with the Lightning... I wouldn't want to be driving a Contour either if I knew I had a Lightning I was supposed to be driving, no matter how much I love my connie

 

D/k if it's pulley noise but since you still have the stock s/c pulley on, I wouldn't go to the trouble(It's a little tricky without the tuner's instuction sheet and two 'special' tools.) to try and remove the s/c belt.

But, if you have a 1/2' breaker bar, you could partially remove the belt by using the breaker bar(fit's into a 1/2" square hole in the front of the rt. idler pulley) to take the tension off of the belt and then let it hang loose(and still 'on' the lower crank pulley). Then try hand spinning the two idler pelleys and feel/listen for bearing noise or grittiness in the bearing.

Hope it's something 'simple'--we'd hate to loose a fine L owner .

Dan

 

Any sound with a constant rhythm will be motor, moving part, related. If its does not have a cosistent rhythm then its not motor, moving part related. Could even be a bad belt with a frey hitting the idler pulley which will make a ticking sound also.

 

So, did you drop the belt and try it?

 

Not yet, I don't have access to a lit garage and want to wait for daylight to try anything...