I NEED SOME ADVICE,
I REPLACED THE STARTER AND THE FUEL FILTER THIS WEEKEND AND THATS IT. NOW WHEN I START THE OLE 86 I GET A TERRIBLE RATTLE SOUND FROM UNDER THE CAR AT IDLE AND NOW WHEN I ACCELERATE IT DOWN SHIFTS BUT NO PICKUP ,FEELS LIKE IT HAS NO POWER AND I GOT A SLIGHT "EGG" SMELL FOR A SECOND.
THE CAR IDLES FINE BUT NOW POWER UNDER WOT
MAYBE A CONVERTER???????

The rattle sounds like you may not have gotten the auto trans convertor dust cover re-installed properly. You should check that first, and also the bracket on the back-end of the starter.

With regard to slow acceleration, I would focus on the changes you made to the fuel system.

Check what you changed first.
Aaron

sounds like your cat is done..

THE AIR PUMP HOSE HAS BROKE FROM THE CONVERTER
WILL NO AIR TO THE CONVERTER MESS IT UP????

Was it running fine before you did any work?

Check for anything loose under the car that you may have removed during the maintenance. Not to sound insulting, but is the fuel filter installed with the correct flow direction (should be arrows on the casing). If the problems started immediately after your work, that's the first thing I'd double check.

Like prozac said, rattle could be the internals of the cat breaking apart and clogging things up. You can try disconnecting the exhaust before the cat to relieve pressure and see if that makes a difference. The lack of air tube shouldn't have an effect (my air system is removed). The air tube was to put fresh air into the cat to reduce the emissions numbers.

Good luck and keep us updated.

Matthew

I wonder if the filter was installed backwards?

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yep.

New starter hanging up and gear not retracting is another guess.

I can't beleive that a starter dragging would cause that much of an issue. You would also hear it.

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Did you plug the hole on the converter side?

in ref to the filter it is a purolator filter
it had no arrows on the filter but it had a "out" on it.
i put the out to the front of the vehicle
is that right
out to the throttle body?

yes, that's correct.

it looks like a can, the inlet side is smooth, the outlet looks like a can of corn, meaning, it has a lip on it.

the smooth end facing the rear ,the lip towards the front
i got a slight rotten egg smell , so im hoping its the cat

you can find that out easily enough... remove it and take a look inside. If the monolith is broken, it will be obvious. You can also tap it with a rubber mallet and listen for rattles inside.