Ty for the reply, seemed to have it all fixed now. Seems the clutch and pressure plate both more or less fried in the chaos of the "puddle" incident. Had a buddy who recommended a awesome mechanic and he did a wonderful job and fixed it for me as well as a few other minor things along the way for a very decent price. Now currently in PA and yet another type of "failure" happened as I leave for Maine in a few days.