Well that was it. A couple of light taps on the starter solenoid did the trick. The starter was submerged in muddy water for at least 5 minutes. I'm sure the gasket on the cover is bad and let the nasty in.
Heading out to wack the starter with a hammer this morning. I guess I'm at a point where I'll consider the possibility that the no start is not related to the water in the cabin...
Yep. Not throwing any codes though. Also worth mentioning that I ran through the shift lock control ECU inspection methods in the FSM and everything checked out ok. The shift lock solenoid resistance was 32 rather than 20-28 but its behaving correctly otherwise so I don't think thats an issue.
I've searched learned a lot over the last 4 or 5 days but my problem persists so I've resorted to this post...
Background info: Last Monday I buried my front diff in a mud puddle and flooded the front passenger floor board of my 80 with mud. Not much else got wet inside and the water level...