2 things that worries me Options

[Soulless]

I know pretty much nothing about cars, and whenever i hear sounds or feel vibrations that im not used to i get overworried. So before i drive to the mechanics, and throws away my paycheck, i just had to throw 2 questions out on the forums.
For the record, i have a 1994 celica (think its an 3f-ge, the one with about 175HP) with manual transmission.


1. My suspension all around the car gives out alot of squeaking noises. Whenever i go over a bump or uneven road (in other words, whenever the suspension is compressed) it squeaks ALOT.
This sound emits from three of the four suspensions. My question is if there is any common problem that gives this squeaking, something that might be easy or even cheap to fix?


2. At low rpms, usuly at low speed or in neutral, there is a whining noise coming from "somewhere". It disappears if i press down the clutch, but if i release the clutch again it comes back. Also, if i put the car in neutral, depress the clutch and then release it quickly i hear a small THUMP and feel a faint single vibration.
Is my clutch going to hell?


Im sorry if im not clear, ive tried to describe my problems as good as i can, but i hope someone can give me some ideas as to what may be the problem with my car.

[Soulless]

Alot of work keeps me from spending any seirous time with the car but i did check some things.

Ive found no indication of leaks of any kind. Ive also not seen anything that i find suspicious but then again i dont know what to look for or where to look.
I jacked up and down the car by each wheel/suspension, one after the other, to see how they sounded and behaved and heres what i found out.

- When jacking up the front drivers wheel, the suspension squeaks like hell, all the way up and all the way down. The suspension works fine (so far at least) just sounds bad

- When jacking up the rear passenger wheel, there is no squaking but ever 5 cm or so there is a faint *thump* coming from somewhere, as far as i can tell, behind the wheel and suspension, closer to the middle of the car. I dont know how to describe the sound but its kind of faint and almost reminds me of the sound when the swaybar bushings have gone bad (which happend on my 5th gen celica). My bushings are fine tho.

- The other two wheels / suspensions give no sound so i consider them fine and dandy


Im hoping whatever is wrong that it isnt too expensive to fix as my plans where to spend some money on mods before autumn (and lowering springs, unfortunatly, wasnt one of them )

EDIT:
I also want to add that when driving at low speeds i hear this thump from the rear of the car from time to time as i brake, stop and go. Almost like something is loose and hits something else but i cant figure how this can be tied to the suspension. And as mentioned before, the swaybar bushings is not the problem (those where the first i checked).

This post has been edited by Soulless: Jul 5, 2007 - 2:55 PM