strange rattling noise
 

Having a couple problems at once, but isn't that always the way,all of a sudden, my car decided it won't start, battery is fine, alternator is fine, leads me to believe it's the starter, it will pop start fine, the other problem, more of an odd co-incidince, possibly, is i just started noticing, when i slow down to stop and have the clutch in, in first or second gear, i hear a rattling noise, i don't have any problems with accelerating or clutch slipping, would that starter going bad cause both of these at the same time? it's a 91 n/a 5spd...no mods on it.. and cat is gutted cause it was once clogged,....