took hubbys truck in mudd now have problems help!!!

i took my hubbys truck out in the mudd to play .. all WAS well i hit a heluva rut shook truck shut itself off. started up drove home only problem at that point was the windsheild wipers were on. i had them on the off position.(ODD) i thought . made it home no problems . couple of hours later i decided to run some errands, truck died down and backfired . im trying to "fix" before hubby gets home. any ideas? friend thinks its water in carburator and a battery problem... sounds like im in trouble ..... any ideas??? thanks, Misty